信奉

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Chinese

letter; true; to believe
letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence
 
 to receive (from superior); to offer; to revere
simp. and trad.
(信奉) 		信 奉

Pronunciation

Verb

信奉

  1. to believe in; to have faith in

Antonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (信奉):
  • → Japanese: 信奉(しんぽう) (shinpō)
  • → Korean: 신봉(信奉) (sinbong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
信 奉
しん
Grade: 4 		ほう > ぽう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

信(しん)奉(ぽう) • (shinpō) 

  1. belief, faith

Verb

信(しん)奉(ぽう)する • (shinpō suru) suru (stem 信(しん)奉(ぽう)し (shinpō shi), past 信(しん)奉(ぽう)した (shinpō shita))

  1. to believe
    • 1947, 海野十三, 金属人間:
      その確率(かくりつ)の法則(ほうそく)を作(つく)った学者(がくしゃ)や、それを信奉(しんぽう)する後続(こうぞく)の学究学徒(がっきゅうがくと)の推論(すいろん)によれば……。
      Sono kakuritsu no hōsoku o tsukutta gakusha ya, sore o shinpō suru kōzoku no gakkyū gakuto no suiron ni yoreba…….
      If you went by the deductions of the scholars who discovered the laws of probability and all of their students, followers, and such...

Conjugation

Conjugation of "信奉する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 信奉し しんぽうし shinpō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 信奉し しんぽうし shinpō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 信奉する しんぽうする shinpō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 信奉する しんぽうする shinpō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 信奉すれ しんぽうすれ shinpō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 信奉せよ¹
信奉しろ² 		しんぽうせよ¹
しんぽうしろ² 		shinpō seyo¹
shinpō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 信奉される しんぽうされる shinpō sareru
Causative 信奉させる
信奉さす 		しんぽうさせる
しんぽうさす 		shinpō saseru
shinpō sasu
Potential 信奉できる しんぽうできる shinpō dekiru
Volitional 信奉しよう しんぽうしよう shinpō shiyō
Negative 信奉しない しんぽうしない shinpō shinai
Negative continuative 信奉せず しんぽうせず shinpō sezu
Formal 信奉します しんぽうします shinpō shimasu
Perfective 信奉した しんぽうした shinpō shita
Conjunctive 信奉して しんぽうして shinpō shite
Hypothetical conditional 信奉すれば しんぽうすれば shinpō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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