認定|にんていnintei[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbauthorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 認定する(にんていする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 認定します(にんていします) |
| Negative (nai) | 認定しない(にんていしない) |
| polite (masen) | 認定しません(にんていしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 認定せず・認定せぬ(にんていせず・にんていせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 認定した(にんていした) |
| polite (mashita) | 認定しました(にんていしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 認定しなかった(にんていしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 認定しませんでした(にんていしませんでした) |
| Te form | 認定して(にんていして) |
| Potential | 認定できる(にんていできる) |
| Passive | 認定される(にんていされる) |
| Causative | 認定させる(にんていさせる) |
| Causative passive | 認定させられる(にんていさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 認定すれば(にんていすれば) |
| tara | 認定したら(にんていしたら) |
| Volitional | 認定しよう(にんていしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 認定しましょう(にんていしましょう) |
| Imperative | 認定しろ(にんていしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym承認しょうにんNeutralMeans approving or agreeing, as in 「承認を得る」; it leans toward consenting to an application, while 「認定」 leans toward certifying qualifications after review.
- Synonym公認こうにんNeutralFormal recognition by an authority or organization, as in 「公認候補」; also for relationships openly accepted by those around. 「認定」 centers on judgment after review.
- Synonym認めるみとめるNeutralA native verb covering acknowledging and approving broadly, as in 「罪を認める」; much wider in range than 「認定」, which is about formal certification.
- Related認可にんかWrittenWritten/formal term for administrative licensing, as in 「認可保育所」; it leans toward official approval for establishing schools, facilities and the like.
- Related認知にんちWrittenWritten term for recognition or cognition, and for legal acknowledgment of a child, as in 「子を認知する」; leans toward psychology or legal parent-child matters.
- Antonym否定ひていNeutralDenial or negation; it stands opposite to 「認定」 in the sense of rejecting rather than affirming something.
- Antonym否認ひにんWrittenWritten/formal term for denying that something is a fact; the direct opposite of 「認定」, which affirms facts after review.
Use 「認定」 for certifying a qualification or fact after examination, as in 「認定試験」 and 「労災認定」. For approving an application say 「承認」, for official licensing 「認可」, for official recognition 「公認」; the opposite of 「認定」 is 「否認」.
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