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Chinese
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to tell; to inform; to say
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white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
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trad. (告白/吿白)
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告/吿
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白
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simp. (告白)
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告
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白
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Pronunciation
Verb
告白
- to confess
- to declare one's love
Noun
告白
- confession
- declaration of love
- statement; declaration
- notice; bulletin
- (Cantonese) advertisement
- 賣告白/卖告白 ― maai6 gou3 baak6 ― to advertise
1969, 潘藩, directed by 陸邦, 相思甜如蜜 , spoken by 陳維才 (高魯泉 ):
千里香臭狐水啊,我哋同佢登咗幾多錢告白啊?
千里香臭狐水啊,我哋同佢登咗几多钱告白啊? - cin1 lei5 hoeng1 cau3 wu4 seoi2 aa3, ngo5 dei6 tung4 keoi5 dang1 zo2 gei2 do1 cin4 gou3 baak6 aa3?
- As for the thousand-mile-fragrant deodorant, how much have we advertised it for?
Synonyms
- (statement): 陳述/陈述 (chénshù), 聲明/声明 (shēngmíng)
- (notice):
- 啟事 / 启事 (qǐshì)
- 文告 (wéngào)
- 通告 (tōnggào)
- 通知 (tōngzhī)
- (advertisement): 廣告/广告 (guǎnggào)
Japanese
Alternative spelling
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吿白 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
告白 • (kokuhaku)
- confession
- declaration of love, a confession of one's feelings toward someone
Verb
告白する • (kokuhaku suru) suru (stem 告白し (kokuhaku shi), past 告白した (kokuhaku shita))
- to confess
- to profess one's love, to confess one's feelings to someone
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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告白し
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こくはくし
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kokuhaku shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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告白し
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こくはくし
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kokuhaku shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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告白する
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こくはくする
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kokuhaku suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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告白する
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こくはくする
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kokuhaku suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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告白すれ
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こくはくすれ
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kokuhaku sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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告白せよ¹ 告白しろ²
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こくはくせよ¹ こくはくしろ²
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kokuhaku seyo¹ kokuhaku shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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告白される
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こくはくされる
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kokuhaku sareru
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Causative
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告白させる 告白さす
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こくはくさせる こくはくさす
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kokuhaku saseru kokuhaku sasu
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Potential
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告白できる
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こくはくできる
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kokuhaku dekiru
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Volitional
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告白しよう
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こくはくしよう
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kokuhaku shiyō
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Negative
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告白しない
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こくはくしない
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kokuhaku shinai
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Negative continuative
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告白せず
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こくはくせず
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kokuhaku sezu
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Formal
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告白します
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こくはくします
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kokuhaku shimasu
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Perfective
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告白した
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こくはくした
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kokuhaku shita
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Conjunctive
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告白して
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こくはくして
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kokuhaku shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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告白すれば
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こくはくすれば
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kokuhaku sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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Synonyms
- (to declare one's love): (slang) 告る (kokuru)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
告白 • (gobaek) (hangeul 고백)
- hanja form? of 고백 (“confession”)
Vietnamese
Verb
告白
- chữ Hán form of cáo bạch (“to notify; announce”)