是認|ぜにんzenin[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbapproval; approbation; endorsement
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 是認する（ぜにんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 是認します（ぜにんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 是認しない（ぜにんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 是認しません（ぜにんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 是認せず・是認せぬ（ぜにんせず・ぜにんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 是認した（ぜにんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 是認しました（ぜにんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 是認しなかった（ぜにんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 是認しませんでした（ぜにんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 是認して（ぜにんして） |
| Potential | 是認できる（ぜにんできる） |
| Passive | 是認される（ぜにんされる） |
| Causative | 是認させる（ぜにんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 是認させられる（ぜにんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 是認すれば（ぜにんすれば） |
| tara | 是認したら（ぜにんしたら） |
| Volitional | 是認しよう（ぜにんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 是認しましょう（ぜにんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 是認しろ（ぜにんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym承認しょうにんNeutralThe standard word: judging something right and proper, or approving an application. 「是認」 is more written, stressing that it is judged good.
- Synonym認可にんかFormalFormal, administrative approval by a public authority, as in 「認可保育園」. 「是認」 is not limited to official bodies and means judging something as good.
- Synonym容認ようにんNeutralAccepting or allowing a demand or proposal; often seen in the negative 「容認できない」. 「是認」 instead stresses judging something as good.
- Synonym肯定こうていNeutralAffirming something as true or endorsing its value; the opposite of negation. Its use is broader than 「是認」 and not confined to judging something good.
- Synonym認めるみとめるNeutralThe everyday verb of choice: to acknowledge, approve, notice or judge, with the widest range of all. 「是認」 takes only its sense of judging something good.
- Synonym公認こうにんFormalFormal recognition by an authority or organization, as in 「公認候補」; stresses open, public endorsement. 「是認」 need not be official or public.
- Synonym裁可さいかFormalFormal: a monarch personally sanctioning a matter submitted by subjects; limited to sovereigns, in historical or constitutional contexts. 「是認」 has no such limit.
- Synonym裁許さいきょFormalFormal, dated official-document language for a superior sanctioning a subordinate's actions or decisions; rare today. 「是認」 implies no rank difference.
- Synonym諾ううべなうWrittenA literary, archaic verb for consenting to a request or proposal, found mainly in classical writing. Modern speech prefers 「承諾する」 or 「認める」.
- Antonym否認ひにんNeutralDenying that something is fact, as in 「容疑を否認する」; the antonym of 「是認」 in whether one accepts something as true.
- Antonym拒否きょひNeutralRefusing to accept a demand or proposal; opposes 「是認」 on the question of acceptance, with a firm, hard-line tone.
In everyday speech use 「認める」. For approving an application or judging something proper, use 「承認」; for official permission, 「認可」; for accepting or tolerating a demand, 「容認」. 「是認」 is the written way to say something is judged good and proper.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- 良いとして認めること。
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