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証拠 (しょうこ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

証しょう拠こ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

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noun

evidence; proof

General term for material or testimony that supports a claim, often used in legal, scientific, and everyday contexts.

彼かれの無む実じつを証しょう明めいする証しょう拠こが見みつかった。
Evidence proving his innocence was found.
裁さい判ばんで証しょう

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It was submitted as evidence in the trial.

Written forms

証しょう拠こUsage100%
Standard modern spelling.
證しょう據こUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Kyūjitai form; included for search compatibility.

Kanji

証evidence, proof, certificate
拠foothold, based on, follow
證proof, evidence, certificate
據to occupy, take possession of, a base

Similar words

証しょう明めい
証明 focuses on the act or process of proving, while 証拠 is the concrete evidence itself.
根こん拠きょ
根拠 refers to the grounds or basis for a claim, often more abstract than 証拠.

Etymology

証 (proof, evidence) + 拠 (basis, grounds). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the compound has been used to mean 'evidence' since at least the early modern period.