認める

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• (Tokyo) みとめる (Heiban – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

認(みと)める • (mitomeru) ichidan (stem 認(みと)め (mitome), past 認(みと)めた (mitometa))

1. to accept, admit, to approve, to allow
   • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":

     シリア政(せい)府(ふ)はデモ隊(たい)への発砲(はっぽう)をやめ、平(へい)和(わ)的抗(てきこう)議(ぎ)を認(みと)めねばならない。

     Shiria seifu wa demotai e no happō o yame, heiwateki kōgi o mitomeneba naranai.

     The Syrian government must stop shooting demonstrators and allow peaceful protests.

2. to recognize

   本当(ほんとう)だということを認(みと)めなければなりません。

   Hontō da to iu koto o mitomenakereba narimasen.

   One must recognize that it is true.

3. to acknowledge

   国際的(こくさいてき)に認(みと)められた

   kokusaiteki ni mitomerareta

   internationally acknowledged

4. to concede

   彼(かれ)は自(じ)分(ぶん)の過(あやま)ちを認(みと)めた。

   Kare wa jibun no ayamachi o mitometa.

   He conceded he made a mistake.

5. to appreciate, to witness
6. to observe or notice

• 諾(うべな)う (ubenau)

• (antonym(s) of “to accept”): 否(いな)む (inamu, “refuse”), 拒(こば)む (kobamu, “refuse”)
• (antonym(s) of “to recognize”): 否(いな)む (inamu, “deny”), 打(う)ち消(け)す (uchikesu, “deny”)

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• (Tokyo) したためる (Nakadaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

認(したた)める • (shitatameru) transitive ichidan (stem 認(したた)め (shitatame), past 認(したた)めた (shitatameta))

1. write (some text; a letter); put down (one's thoughts on paper)
2. eat; put down (a meal)
3. treat; deal with
4. prepare
5. subdue