信しん念ねん

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ん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

belief; faith; conviction

A firmly held personal principle or creed, often moral or philosophical. Used for deeply rooted convictions that guide behavior.

彼かれは自じ分ぶんの信しん念ねんを決けっして曲まげない。
He never compromises his convictions.
強

つよ

い

信しん

念ねん

を

持も

っ

て

行こう

動どう

する

こと

が

大たい

切せつ

だ

。

It is important to act with strong conviction.

Kanji

信faith, truth, fidelity
念wish, sense, idea

Similar words

信しん仰こう
信仰 refers specifically to religious faith or worship, while 信念 is a broader personal conviction that may or may not be religious.
確かく信しん
確信 is a firm subjective certainty about a fact or outcome, whereas 信念 is a deeper, principle-based belief that defines one's values.

Etymology

Compound of 信 (trust, believe) and 念 (thought, sense), literally 'believing thought'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in Japanese to mean a firmly held belief or conviction.