信しん証しょう

noun

evidence; proof

A formal or written term for evidence or proof, often used in legal, academic, or documentary contexts. Less common in everyday speech than 証拠 (しょうこ).

• 裁さい判ばんでは、信しん証しょうが決けっ定てい的てきな役やく割わりを果はたした。

  In the trial, the evidence played a decisive role.

• この文ぶん書しょは彼かれの主しゅ張ちょうの信しん証しょうとなる。

  This document serves as proof of his claim.