となえる – Vocabulary details

となえる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to recite; to chant

2. to cry; to yell; to shout

3. to advocate; to advance; to preach; to insist

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to chant (repeat) the name of Buddha

to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others

to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate

スピノザは汎はん神しん論ろんをとなえた。

Spinoza was a pantheist.

彼かれは規き則そくの改かい正せいをとなえている。

He advocates a revision of the rules.

彼かれはその決けっ定ていに不ふ服ふくをとなえた。

He raised an objection to the decision.

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