容認|ようにんyounin[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbapproval; acceptance; toleration
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 容認する（ようにんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 容認します（ようにんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 容認しない（ようにんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 容認しません（ようにんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 容認せず・容認せぬ（ようにんせず・ようにんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 容認した（ようにんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 容認しました（ようにんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 容認しなかった（ようにんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 容認しませんでした（ようにんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 容認して（ようにんして） |
| Potential | 容認できる（ようにんできる） |
| Passive | 容認される（ようにんされる） |
| Causative | 容認させる（ようにんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 容認させられる（ようにんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 容認すれば（ようにんすれば） |
| tara | 容認したら（ようにんしたら） |
| Volitional | 容認しよう（ようにんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 容認しましょう（ようにんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 容認しろ（ようにんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym承認しょうにんNeutralFormal recognition or approval, as in 「承認を得る」; 「容認」 is accepting or tolerating something, often with a sense of reluctance.
- Synonym是認ぜにんWrittenWritten/formal prose: deeming something right and endorsing it; 「容認」 is merely allowing it, without necessarily judging it right.
- Synonym許容きょようNeutralAllowing or tolerating within a certain range, as in 「許容範囲」; 「容認」 centers on accepting a demand or behavior.
- Synonym認めるみとめるNeutralA verb covering recognizing, approving and allowing; 「容認」 is a noun that leans toward written, formal prose.
- Synonym許すゆるすNeutralMeans to allow, and also to forgive; 「容認」 is the formal, written way to say one tolerates something.
- Synonym受け入れるうけいれるNeutralTo accept or take in; close in meaning to 「容認」 but more colloquial.
- Related認可にんかNeutralApproval granted by an administrative authority; 「容認」 is not necessarily a formal approval process.
- Related許可きょかNeutralGranting permission to do something; 「容認」 focuses on accepting something already done or a demand.
- RelatedＯＫオッケーCasualColloquial for agreeing or saying something is fine; 「容認」 is a written, formal term.
- Related公認こうにんNeutralOfficial, public recognition; 「容認」 is not necessarily public.
- Related同意どういNeutralAgreeing with another person's opinion; 「容認」 is accepting or allowing something, not necessarily endorsing it.
- Related許諾きょだくWrittenWritten/formal prose: consenting to another's request, often used for copyright; 「容認」 leans toward accepting behavior or the status quo.
- Related差し許すさしゆるすWrittenWritten and old-fashioned: to permit or forgive; in everyday speech use 「許す」.
- Related認許にんきょWrittenWritten and rare: accepting another person's opinion or actions, or formal recognition; seldom seen in modern use.
- Related允許いんきょWrittenWritten and rare, meaning permission; in daily life say 「許可」.
- Antonym拒否きょひNeutralTo refuse; stands opposite 「容認」 in the question of whether something is accepted.
- Antonym否認ひにんNeutralDenying that something is true; its direct opposite is 「承認」 or 「認める」. It opposes 「容認」 only in not accepting — the real antonym of 「容認」 is closer to 「拒否」.
Use 「容認」 for accepting or tolerating a demand or an existing state of affairs. For formal approval pick 「承認」 or 「認可」; 「許容」 is tolerance within limits; 「同意」 is agreeing with someone's view; 「受け入れる」 is the everyday word for accepting. When something is not accepted, the opposite is 「拒否」.
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