自供|じきょうjikyou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbconfession
    犯人はんにんは窃盗せっとうを自供じきょうした。↗
    The criminal confessed to theft.
Conjugation
Dictionary form自供する(じきょうする)
Polite (masu)自供します(じきょうします)
Negative (nai)自供しない(じきょうしない)
polite (masen)自供しません(じきょうしません)
classical zu / nu自供せず・自供せぬ(じきょうせず・じきょうせぬ)
Past (ta)自供した(じきょうした)
polite (mashita)自供しました(じきょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)自供しなかった(じきょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)自供しませんでした(じきょうしませんでした)
Te form自供して(じきょうして)
Potential自供できる(じきょうできる)
Passive自供される(じきょうされる)
Causative自供させる(じきょうさせる)
Causative passive自供させられる(じきょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)自供すれば(じきょうすれば)
tara自供したら(じきょうしたら)
Volitional自供しよう(じきょうしよう)
polite (mashou)自供しましょう(じきょうしましょう)
Imperative自供しろ(じきょうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym自白じはくNeutralCovers confessing secrets, admitting guilt, and accepting the other side's claims in civil cases; broader than 「自供」, a suspect confessing crimes under interrogation.
  • Synonym白状はくじょうNeutralColloquial term for honestly confessing a crime or something one has hidden; not limited to criminal matters.
  • Synonym告白こくはくNeutralRevealing what is hidden in one's heart; also confessing love to someone — the latter is its most common use.
  • Related打ち明けるうちあけるNeutralA verb: to confide or reveal secrets; stresses opening up to someone close to you.
  • Antonym否認ひにんNeutralAntonym: denying the facts; the opposite of 「自供」, which admits the crime.
  • Antonym黙秘もくひNeutralAntonym: remaining silent, e.g. exercising the right to silence; the opposite of 「自供」.

Use 「自供」 for a suspect confessing to a crime under interrogation, as in 「容疑者が自供した」. Legal contexts say 「自白」, colloquial speech 「白状」, and 「告白」 is for confessing love; the antonyms are 「否認」 and 「黙秘」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 容疑者ようぎしゃなどが取り調とりしらべに対たいし、自分じぶんの犯おかした事柄ことがらを述のべること。また、その事柄ことがら。
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