ごうする

ごうする【号する】

1 〔…と称する〕 name; call; style 《him the Duke of…》.

●庭の一隅に茶室を建て, それを春光庵と号した. He built a tea-ceremony arbor in one corner of the garden and named it [gave it the name] “Shunkōan.”

・剃髪して浄海と号した. When he became a monk he changed his name to [took the name (of), adopted the name (of)] “Jōkai.”

2 〔大げさに言いふらす〕 declare; announce; boast.

●無慮 40 万と号する軍勢を率いて出陣した. He set out at the head of a great army he claimed [boasted] to be some 400,000 strong.

・財産 10 億円と号している. He claims (to have, that he has) a fortune of a billion yen.