確証

Japanese

Kanji in this term
確 証
かく
Grade: 5
しょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
確證 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ᵝɕo̞ː]

Noun

確(かく)証(しょう) • (kakushō) 

  1. decisive proof; a proof beyond doubt
    • 2023, 中山元, 労働の思想史, 株式会社平凡社, page 30:
      この「確(かく)証(しょう)」は外(がい)部(ぶ)から与(あた)えられることはできない。
      Kono “kakushō” wa gaibu kara ataerareru koto wa dekinai.
      This "decisive proof" can not be external.
    • 1927, 小酒井不木, 玉振時計の秘密‎:
      犯(はん)人(にん)の見(けん)当(とう)はおおよそついているけれど、確(かく)証(しょう)があがらぬから困(こま)っているのだよ。
      Hannin no kentō wa ōyoso tsuite iru keredo, kakushō ga agaranu kara komatte iru no dayo.
      We have a pretty good sense of who did it. The trouble is that we haven't managed to find a definitive piece of evidence.

Verb

確(かく)証(しょう)する • (kakushō suru) transitive suru (stem 確(かく)証(しょう)し (kakushō shi), past 確(かく)証(しょう)した (kakushō shita))

  1. to prove beyond doubt; to verify
    • 1943, Shuichi Goto (後藤守一), 服装史概説 [an overview of the history of clothing]‎:
      しかしこの説(せつ)を確(かく)証(しょう)する資(し)料(りょう)は乏(とぼ)しい。
      Shikashi kono setsu o kakushō suru shiryō wa toboshī.
      However, we have little material to prove this hypothesis.

Inflection

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