という

Kana: という

to be called

Example sentence

私はさくらという名前です。

わたしはさくらというなまえです。

My name is Sakura.

What という means

という (という) is a Japanese word meaning “to be called”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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