証明|しょうめいshoumei[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbproof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
    私が間違まちがっていない事ことを証明しょうめいしよう。↗
    I'll show you that I am right.
Conjugation
Dictionary form証明する(しょうめいする)
Polite (masu)証明します(しょうめいします)
Negative (nai)証明しない(しょうめいしない)
polite (masen)証明しません(しょうめいしません)
classical zu / nu証明せず・証明せぬ(しょうめいせず・しょうめいせぬ)
Past (ta)証明した(しょうめいした)
polite (mashita)証明しました(しょうめいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)証明しなかった(しょうめいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)証明しませんでした(しょうめいしませんでした)
Te form証明して(しょうめいして)
Potential証明できる(しょうめいできる)
Passive証明される(しょうめいされる)
Causative証明させる(しょうめいさせる)
Causative passive証明させられる(しょうめいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)証明すれば(しょうめいすれば)
tara証明したら(しょうめいしたら)
Volitional証明しよう(しょうめいしよう)
polite (mashou)証明しましょう(しょうめいしましょう)
Imperative証明しろ(しょうめいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym立証りっしょうNeutralProving a fact by presenting evidence, mostly in legal settings (「犯罪を立証する」); more formal than 「証明」.
  • Synonym実証じっしょうNeutralVerifying a hypothesis with facts (「理論を実証する」); the emphasis is on actual, practical verification.
  • Synonym論証ろんしょうWrittenProving by logical reasoning (「論証する」); leans toward logic and academic contexts.
  • Synonym確証かくしょうNeutralConclusive, airtight proof (「確証がない」); often used in the negative.
  • Synonym証あかしNeutralWhen written 「証」, this word means proof or a token (「愛の証」), with a lyrical, emotive flavor.
  • Synonym裏付けるうらづけるNeutralThe verb form: to back up or confirm something with evidence (「証言を裏付ける」).
  • Synonym証するしょうするWrittenRare written/formal word meaning to prove or guarantee; in everyday speech say 「証明する」.
  • Synonym明証めいしょうWrittenRare written/formal word for clear, definite evidence; in everyday use say 「証拠」.
  • Related証拠しょうこNeutralThe evidence itself (「証拠を集める」); 「証明」 is the act of proving something with that evidence.
  • Related証言しょうげんNeutralA witness's statement or testimony (「目撃者の証言」); the emphasis is on spoken accounts.
  • Related裏付けうらづけNeutralThe grounds backing up a claim (「データの裏付け」); the emphasis is on corroboration.
  • Related証左しょうさWrittenWritten/formal word for evidence or corroboration (「~の証左だ」), mostly in argumentative prose.
  • Related傍証ぼうしょうWrittenWritten/formal word for indirect, circumstantial evidence.
  • Related証しょうNeutralWhen written 「証」, this word means proof or a token (「愛の証」), with a lyrical, emotive flavor.
  • Related証拠だてるしょうこだてるWrittenTo prove something by laying out evidence (「無実を証拠だてる」); leans written/formal.
  • Related証すあかすWrittenWritten/formal, literary verb meaning to prove (「身の潔白を証す」); carries an elegant tone.
  • Related拠り所よりどころNeutralGrounds to rely on, or an emotional/spiritual anchor (「心の拠り所」); the emphasis is on reliance.
  • Related証跡しょうせきWrittenWritten/formal word for physical evidence that something took place.
  • Related信証しんしょうWrittenRare written/formal word for a token or voucher; in everyday use say 「証拠」.
  • Antonym反証はんしょうWrittenWritten/formal word for proof to the contrary; it stands opposite to 「証明」.

Use 「証明」 for proving something with reasons or evidence. For the evidence itself, pick 「証拠」; for legally establishing a fact, 「立証」; for verifying a hypothesis with facts, 「実証」; for spoken testimony, 「証言」; for backing or corroboration, 「裏付け」. The opposite of 「証明」 is 「反証」, proof to the contrary.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ある事柄ことがらが正ただしいということを理由りゆうや証拠しょうこを示しめして明あきらかにすること。
  2. ある命題めいだいが正ただしいことを主張しゅちょうするための一連いちれんの演繹えんえき。前提ぜんていや仮定かていから推論すいろん規則きそくによって命題めいだいを導みちびくこと。
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