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名のる: to give one's name
名のる nanoru
to give one's name; to call oneself
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黄泉比良坂まで追ってきたスサノオは、「その刀と弓で兄弟をたおし、大国主神と名のりなさい」と呼びかけました。
Susanoo, chasing as far as Yomotsu-hirasaka, called out, “Defeat your brothers with that sword and bow, and call yourself Ōkuninushi.”
From the lesson 大国主の試練と根の国
アメノウズメが、「あなたは、だれですか」とたずねると、その神は、サルタビコと名のり、案内のために来たと答えました。
When Ame-no-uzume asked, “Who are you?”, the god gave his name as Sarutabiko and answered that he had come to act as a guide.
From the lesson 天孫降臨