認定|にんていnintei[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbauthorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
    米べい消費者しょうひしゃ団体だんたいがRealPlayerを「バッドウェア」と認定にんてい。↗
    American consumer group identifies RealPlayer as 'badware'.
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 事実じじつ・資格しかくなどを、審査しんさ判断はんだんして、確たしかに、これこれだと認みとめること。
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