信奉|しんぽうshinpou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbbelief; faith; adherence; espousal
    開拓かいたく民みんたちはキリスト教きりすときょうを信奉しんぽうした。↗
    The settlers embraced the Christian religion.
Conjugation
Dictionary form信奉する(しんぽうする)
Polite (masu)信奉します(しんぽうします)
Negative (nai)信奉しない(しんぽうしない)
polite (masen)信奉しません(しんぽうしません)
classical zu / nu信奉せず・信奉せぬ(しんぽうせず・しんぽうせぬ)
Past (ta)信奉した(しんぽうした)
polite (mashita)信奉しました(しんぽうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)信奉しなかった(しんぽうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)信奉しませんでした(しんぽうしませんでした)
Te form信奉して(しんぽうして)
Potential信奉できる(しんぽうできる)
Passive信奉される(しんぽうされる)
Causative信奉させる(しんぽうさせる)
Causative passive信奉させられる(しんぽうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)信奉すれば(しんぽうすれば)
tara信奉したら(しんぽうしたら)
Volitional信奉しよう(しんぽうしよう)
polite (mashou)信奉しましょう(しんぽうしましょう)
Imperative信奉しろ(しんぽうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym信仰しんこうNeutralRefers to religious faith, and also to absolute belief in something, as in 「科学信仰」. 「信奉」 stresses embracing an ideology or creed and following it.
  • Synonym信心しんじんNeutralFaith and the devout heart that goes with it, as in 「信心深い」. Unlike 「信奉」, it stays within religion and is not used for ideologies.
  • Related信受しんじゅWrittenWritten/formal prose for accepting and believing a doctrine or teaching; mostly Buddhist contexts, and rarely used.
  • Antonym否定ひていNeutralDenying or refusing to acknowledge something, as in 「思想を否定する」; the opposite of 「信奉」.
  • Antonym拒絶きょぜつNeutralRefusing or turning down what is offered or requested; the opposite of the acceptance implied by 「信奉」.

For religious faith or absolute belief in something, use 「信仰」; for embracing an ideology or doctrine and following it, use 「信奉」, as in 「自由主義を信奉する」; for a devout heart of faith, use 「信心」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. ある思想しそうや宗教しゅうきょうなどを信しんじて尊とうとぶこと。
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