信じる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Shift from 信ずる (shinzuru).[1][2] Natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「信じる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
信じる んじ
Imperative (命令形) 信じろ んじ
Key constructions
Passive 信じられる んじられ
Causative 信じさせる んじさせ
Potential 信じられる んじられ
Volitional 信じよう んじよ
Negative 信じない んじない
Negative perfective 信じなかった んじなかった
Formal 信じます んじま
Perfective 信じた んじた
Conjunctive 信じて んじて
Hypothetical conditional 信じれば んじれば

Verb

(しん)じる (shinjirutransitive ichidan (stem (しん) (shinji), past (しん)じた (shinjita))

  1. to believe
    ()(きゅう)(まる)ものとは(しん)られていなかった。
    Chikyū wa marui mono da to wa shinji rarete inakatta.
    The Earth wasn't believed to be round.
  2. to trust
    Synonym: 信頼する (shinrai suru)
    (ひと)(しん)じる
    hito o shinjiru
    to trust a person
  3. to believe in (God, etc.)
    (わたし)(かみ)(しん)じない
    Watashi wa kami o shinjinai.
    I don't believe in God.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN