認容|にんようnin'you[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbacknowledgement; acknowledgment
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 認容する(にんようする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 認容します(にんようします) |
| Negative (nai) | 認容しない(にんようしない) |
| polite (masen) | 認容しません(にんようしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 認容せず・認容せぬ(にんようせず・にんようせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 認容した(にんようした) |
| polite (mashita) | 認容しました(にんようしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 認容しなかった(にんようしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 認容しませんでした(にんようしませんでした) |
| Te form | 認容して(にんようして) |
| Potential | 認容できる(にんようできる) |
| Passive | 認容される(にんようされる) |
| Causative | 認容させる(にんようさせる) |
| Causative passive | 認容させられる(にんようさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 認容すれば(にんようすれば) |
| tara | 認容したら(にんようしたら) |
| Volitional | 認容しよう(にんようしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 認容しましょう(にんようしましょう) |
| Imperative | 認容しろ(にんようしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym承認しょうにんFormalFormal term for recognizing something as legitimate and permitting it; far more common than 「認容」 in everyday use.
- Synonym受諾じゅだくWrittenWritten/formal prose; accepting a proposal or treaty — leans diplomatic where 「認容」 is legal.
- Synonym受容じゅようWrittenWritten/formal prose; the receptive taking-in of foreign cultures, ideas or influences.
- Synonym受け入れるうけいれるNeutralNeutral, everyday word for accepting people or opinions; more colloquial than 「認容」 and common in daily speech.
- Synonym承服しょうふくWrittenWritten/formal prose; accepting another's demand or request and complying — carries a shade of submission.
- Related聞き入れるききいれるNeutralNeutral and conversational; heeding and granting a request or wish, friendlier than the stiff 「認容」.
- Related諾ううべなうWrittenWritten and rarely used; an archaic, elegant verb for assenting to a proposal or request.
- Antonym拒否きょひNeutralNeutral; declining to grant a request or vetoing a decision — the direct opposite of 「認容」.
- Antonym拒絶きょぜつNeutralNeutral; rejecting a request outright and firmly — the opposite of the acceptance 「認容」 expresses.
「認容」 is stiff legal language for upholding a claim, as in 「請求を認容する」; in ordinary contexts prefer 「容認」 or 「承認」, and for accepting things say 「受け入れる」. In writing, 「受諾」 suits proposals and treaties, 「受容」 absorbing foreign ideas, 「承服」 submitting to demands, 「諾う」 is archaic assent, and 「聞き入れる」 conversationally grants a wish. The opposites are 「拒否」 and 「拒絶」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


