通称

See also: 通稱

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 通称 – see 通稱 (“to be generally known as; to be typically called; generic name; general term”). (This term is the simplified form of 通稱).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
通	称
つう Grade: 2	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
通稱 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つうしょー [tsùúshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨːɕo̞ː]

Noun

通(つう)称(しょう) • (tsūshō) 

1. general name; popular name
   • 2016, Bandō Tadanobu, Zainichi tokken to hanzai [Special rights and offenses in Japan]‎^[1], page 59:

     「住(じゅう)民(みん)基(き)本(ほん)台(だい)帳(ちょう)における通(つう)称(しょう)の記(き)載(さい)(変(へん)更(こう)) における留(りゅう)意(い)事(じ)項(こう)について」を通(つう)知(ち)しました。

     “Jūmin Kihon Daichō ni okeru tsūshō no kisai (henkō) ni okeru ryūi jikō ni tsuite” o tsūchi shimashita.

     This was posted in “Regarding matters pertaining to listing (revising) common names in the Basic Resident Register”.

   • 2017, Morita Kisetsu with Mika Pikazo (illustrator), Butsuri-teki ni koritsu shite-iru ore no kōkō seikatsu [My high school life is physically isolated], volume 3, page 9:

     波(は)久(ぐ)礼(れ)業(なり)平(ひら)・はぐれなりひら　高(こう)校(こう)二(に)年(ねん)生(せい)。一(いち)メートル以(い)内(ない)の人(にん)間(げん)から体(たい)力(りょく)を奪(うば)い吸(きゅう)収(しゅう)する、通(つう)称(しょう)「ドレイン」の異(い)能(のう)力(りょく)を持(も)つ。

     Hagure Narihira Hagure Narihira Kōkō ninensei. Ichi mētoru inai no ningen kara tairyoku o ubai kyūshū suru, tsūshō “dorein” no i nōryoku o motsu.

     Hagure Narihira. Second-year high school student. She has a special ability to absorb the physical strength of any person within one meter, generally known as “drain”.

Synonyms

• 俗称(ぞくしょう) (zokushō)