名乗る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
名 乗
な
Grade: 1 		の
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
名乘る (kyūjitai)
名告る
名のる

Etymology

名(な) (na, “name”) + 告(の)る (noru, “to say; to declare”). The use of 乗 instead of 告 may be ateji (当て字), or reanalysis of the base verb as 乗(の)る (noru, “to ride; to publish”).

Pronunciation

Verb

名(な)乗(の)る • (nanoru) intransitive godan (stem 名(な)乗(の)り (nanori), past 名(な)乗(の)った (nanotta))

  1. to give one’s name (as), to call oneself (name, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "名乗る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 名乗ら なのら nanora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 名乗り なのり nanori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 名乗る なのる nanoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 名乗る なのる nanoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 名乗れ なのれ nanore
Meireikei ("imperative") 名乗れ なのれ nanore
Key constructions
Passive 名乗られる なのられる nanorareru
Causative 名乗らせる
名乗らす 		なのらせる
なのらす 		nanoraseru
nanorasu
Potential 名乗れる なのれる nanoreru
Volitional 名乗ろう なのろう nanorō
Negative 名乗らない なのらない nanoranai
Negative continuative 名乗らず なのらず nanorazu
Formal 名乗ります なのります nanorimasu
Perfective 名乗った なのった nanotta
Conjunctive 名乗って なのって nanotte
Hypothetical conditional 名乗れば なのれば nanoreba
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