告白

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Chinese

to tell; to inform; to say
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
trad. (告白/吿白) 告/吿 白
simp. (告白) 告 白
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Pronunciation

Verb

告白

  1. to confess
  2. to declare one's love

Noun

告白

  1. confession
  2. declaration of love
  3. statement; declaration
  4. notice; bulletin
  5. (Cantonese) advertisement
    賣告白／卖告白 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  maai6 gou3 baak6   ―  to advertise

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
告 白
こく
Grade: 5 		はく
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
吿白 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

告(こく)白(はく) • (kokuhaku) 

  1. confession
  2. declaration of love, a confession of one's feelings toward someone

Verb

告(こく)白(はく)する • (kokuhaku suru) suru (stem 告(こく)白(はく)し (kokuhaku shi), past 告(こく)白(はく)した (kokuhaku shita))

  1. to confess
  2. to profess one's love, to confess one's feelings to someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of "告白する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 告白し こくはくし kokuhaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 告白し こくはくし kokuhaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 告白する こくはくする kokuhaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 告白する こくはくする kokuhaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 告白すれ こくはくすれ kokuhaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 告白せよ¹
告白しろ² 		こくはくせよ¹
こくはくしろ² 		kokuhaku seyo¹
kokuhaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 告白される こくはくされる kokuhaku sareru
Causative 告白させる
告白さす 		こくはくさせる
こくはくさす 		kokuhaku saseru
kokuhaku sasu
Potential 告白できる こくはくできる kokuhaku dekiru
Volitional 告白しよう こくはくしよう kokuhaku shiyō
Negative 告白しない こくはくしない kokuhaku shinai
Negative continuative 告白せず こくはくせず kokuhaku sezu
Formal 告白します こくはくします kokuhaku shimasu
Perfective 告白した こくはくした kokuhaku shita
Conjunctive 告白して こくはくして kokuhaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 告白すれば こくはくすれば kokuhaku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
告白

Noun

告白 • (gobaek) (hangeul 고백)

  1. hanja form? of 고백 (“confession”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
告白

Verb

告白

  1. chữ Hán form of cáo bạch (“to notify; announce”).
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