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認知
認知
See also: 认知
Chinese
| to recognize; to know; to admit | to know; to be aware | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (認知) | 認 | 知 | |
| simp. (认知) | 认 | 知 | |
Verb
認知
- to acknowledge
Noun
認知
Adjective
認知
- cognitive (when used as an attributive)
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 認 | 知 |
|
にん Grade: 6 |
ち Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
認知 (hiragana にんち, romaji ninchi)
- recognition
- acknowledgement of a child as one's own
- cognition (in psychology)
Compounds
- 認知科学
- 認知症
- 認知心理学
Verb
認知する (hiragana にんちする, romaji ninchi suru)
- to recognise, acknowledge
- to acknowledge one's child despite being unmarried to the other parent, to formally recognise a child as one's own
- 彼はその子を認知した
- kare wa sono ko o ninchi shita
- He recognised the child as his own.
- 彼はその子を認知した
Conjugation
Conjugation of "認知する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 認知し | にんちし | ninchi shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 認知し | にんちし | ninchi shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 認知する | にんちする | ninchi suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 認知する | にんちする | ninchi suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 認知すれ | にんちすれ | ninchi sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 認知せよ¹ 認知しろ² |
にんちせよ¹ にんちしろ² |
ninchi seyo¹ ninchi shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 認知される | にんちされる | ninchi sareru | |
| Causative | 認知させる 認知さす |
にんちさせる にんちさす |
ninchi saseru ninchi sasu |
|
| Potential | 認知できる | にんちできる | ninchi dekiru | |
| Volitional | 認知しよう | にんちしよう | ninchi shiyō | |
| Negative | 認知しない | にんちしない | ninchi shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 認知せず | にんちせず | ninchi sezu | |
| Formal | 認知します | にんちします | ninchi shimasu | |
| Perfective | 認知した | にんちした | ninchi shita | |
| Conjunctive | 認知して | にんちして | ninchi shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 認知すれば | にんちすれば | ninchi sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.