Illustration: At the entrance to a Japanese amateur cycling event's equipment area, an official finishes checking a competitor's helmet and bicycle with inspection tools. He attaches a plain approval band to the handlebars and opens the controlled gate for the rider.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう認にん

kounin

official approval, certification

Example sentences

  1. トムは公認こうにん会計士かいけいしなんですよね？

    Tom is a CPA, isn’t he?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは公認こうにん会計士かいけいしの団体だんたいを除籍じょせきになった。

    He was expelled from the CPA association.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 現在げんざい、12の流派りゅうはが日本水泳連盟にほんすいえいれんめいにより公認こうにんされている。

    At present there are 12 schools authorized by the Japan Swimming Federation.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 公認

  • 公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
  • 認recognize; acknowledgeOnニンKunみとめる・したためる

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