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唱える

となえる

N2shout · advocate

Examples

参加者は広場で平和を求める言葉を唱えた。

彼女は教育制度を変えるべきだと唱えている。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 唱える is read as となえる and is a transitive verb meaning to chant or call out words, or to advocate an idea or position.
  • Basic usage: Calling out words for peace appears in 平和を求める言葉を唱える, while advocating that a system should change appears in 変えるべきだと唱える.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Marking the stated content
    • Mark the words themselves with and a proposition being advocated with the quotation particle .
  • Difference from 叫ぶ
    • Compared with simply shouting loudly, this word includes reciting set words or advocating a position.

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