反証|はんしょうhanshou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbproof to the contrary; disproof; counter-evidence; rebuttal; refutation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 反証する（はんしょうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 反証します（はんしょうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 反証しない（はんしょうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 反証しません（はんしょうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 反証せず・反証せぬ（はんしょうせず・はんしょうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 反証した（はんしょうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 反証しました（はんしょうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 反証しなかった（はんしょうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 反証しませんでした（はんしょうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 反証して（はんしょうして） |
| Potential | 反証できる（はんしょうできる） |
| Passive | 反証される（はんしょうされる） |
| Causative | 反証させる（はんしょうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 反証させられる（はんしょうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 反証すれば（はんしょうすれば） |
| tara | 反証したら（はんしょうしたら） |
| Volitional | 反証しよう（はんしょうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 反証しましょう（はんしょうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 反証しろ（はんしょうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym反駁はんばくWrittenWritten. A verbal rebuttal of someone's opinion, centred on reasoning; 「反証」 instead presents evidence to the contrary.
- Synonym弁駁べんばくWrittenWritten but rare. Rebutting someone by pointing out the errors in what they have said.
- Synonym論駁ろんばくWrittenWritten and rare. Refutes the other side's view through argumentation, with the emphasis on the debate itself.
- Synonym駁論ばくろんWrittenWritten and rare. Rebutting someone's opinion by giving reasons, or a piece of writing that does so; 「反証」 is evidence to the contrary.
- Synonym駁するばくするWrittenA verb meaning to refute or rebut; extremely literary and hardly used in modern Japanese.
- Synonym駁撃ばくげきWrittenWritten and rare. Fiercely attacks the other side's claim, a much stronger tone than 「反証」.
- Related言い負かすいいまかすCasualColloquial verb for talking an opponent down in a dispute; the focus is on winning the exchange.
- Related言い破るいいやぶるNeutralA verb for logically refuting the other's view and showing it is wrong; rare, and not quite the same as 「言い負かす」, which stresses winning.
- Related論破ろんぱNeutralA noun for crushing the other side's argument in debate; common online, with the emphasis on persuasive force.
- Antonym証明しょうめいNeutralAntonym. Proves that something holds or is true, the opposite of 「反証」, which shows it does not.
- Antonym実証じっしょうNeutralAntonym. Substantiates a claim with actual facts, the opposite of 「反証」, which overturns one with counter-evidence.
Use 「反証」 when you present evidence to overturn a claim, as in 「反証を挙げる」. For rebutting in words, 「反論」 and 「反駁」 fit; for beating an opponent in debate, 「論破」. The remaining 「駁」-words are rare, literary alternatives.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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