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to call; to name
to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...
to purport (to be); to profess; to claim; to pretend; to feign
to praise; to applaud
彼は自らをその分野の専門家と称している。
He calls himself an expert in that field.
医師を称する人物が詐欺を働いた。
A person claiming to be a doctor committed fraud.
この地域は古くから米どころと称される。
This region has long been called a rice-producing area.