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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

認にん知ち

ninchi

to recognize, to acknowledge

Example sentences

  1. 江戸時代えどじだいには伝説でんせつの大泥棒だいどろぼうとして認知にんちされている。

    During the Edo period he was publicly acknowledged as a legendary thief.

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

  2. ただし、この『万葉集まんようしゅう』は公おおやけに認知にんちされるものとはならなかった。

    However, this version of the "Manyoshu" has not been officially recognized.

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

  3. これに伴ともない、宗派しゅうはを超こえた「広島ひろしまの夏なつの習俗しゅうぞく」として広ひろく認知にんちされていく。

    With these phenomena seen, bon toro became widely recognized as 'a summer custom in Hiroshima', regardless of the sect.

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

Kanji in 認知

  • 認recognize; acknowledgeOnニンKunみとめる・したためる
  • 知know; wisdomOnチKunしる・しらせる

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