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確信する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	確かく信しんする	確かく信しんしない
Polite	確かく信しんします	確かく信しんしません
Past polite	確かく信しんしました	確かく信しんしませんでした
Past	確かく信しんした	確かく信しんしなかった
Te-form	確かく信しんして	確かく信しんしないで
Desire	確かく信しんしたい	確かく信しんしたくない
Potential	確かく信しんできる	確かく信しんできない
Passive	確かく信しんされる	確かく信しんされない
Causative	確かく信しんさせる	確かく信しんさせない
Causative passive	確かく信しんさせられる	確かく信しんさせられない
Volitional	確かく信しんしよう
Polite volitional	確かく信しんしましょう
Imperative	確かく信しんしろ	確かく信しんするな
Conditional	確かく信しんすれば	確かく信しんしなければ
Tara conditional	確かく信しんしたら	確かく信しんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

conviction; firm belief; confidence

A strong, settled belief that something is true or will happen. Used both as a noun and with する to mean 'to be convinced' or 'to firmly believe'.

彼かれは自じ分ぶんの無む実じつを確かく信しんしている。
He is convinced of his innocence.
成せい功こうするという確かく信しんがあった。
I had the conviction that I would succeed.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を確かく信しんするto be convinced of something
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの理り論ろんが正ただしいと確かく信しんしている。
He is convinced that his theory is correct.
確かく信しんを持もつto have a firm conviction
彼かの女じょは成せい功こうへの確かく信しんを持もっていた。
She held a firm belief that she would succeed.
確かく信しんが深ふかまるfor one's conviction to deepen
研けん究きゅうを続つづけるうちに、その仮か説せつへの確かく信しんが深ふかまった。
As the research continued, my conviction in the hypothesis deepened.

Kanji

確assurance, firm, tight
信faith, truth, fidelity

Related words

自じ信しんN3
自信 is confidence in one's own ability or worth, while 確信 is a firm belief about a fact or outcome.
信しん念ねんN1
信念 is a deeply held principle or creed, often moral or philosophical, whereas 確信 is a conviction about a specific matter.
確かく証しょう
確証 refers to solid proof or evidence backing a claim, while 確信 refers to the inner feeling of certainty itself.

Opposites

疑うたがいN3
疑い is doubt or suspicion, the opposite state of mind from the firm certainty expressed by 確信.
懐かい疑ぎN1
確信 means firm conviction or certainty, the opposite of the doubt expressed by 懐疑.
疑ぎ問もんN3
確信 is firm conviction or certainty, the opposite state of mind from 疑問, which is doubt or uncertainty.
疑ぎ念ねん
確信 means firm conviction or certainty, the opposite of the uncertain distrust expressed by 疑念.

Don't confuse with· 5

過か信しん
過信 means to trust or rely on something too much (overconfidence), unlike 確信 which simply means being firmly convinced something is true.
確かく執しつ
確信 shares the kanji 確 with 確執 but means firm conviction or certainty, not discord.
確かく実じつN3
確信 is a noun meaning a person's firm personal conviction, whereas 確実 describes the objective certainty of a fact or outcome.

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確かく証しょう
確信 is a person's inner conviction or certainty of belief, while 確証 is external, objective evidence that proves something.
確かく認にんN4
確信 means being personally convinced or certain of something, while 確認 means the act of checking or verifying it externally.

Word family

確かく信しん犯はん
crime of conscience · premeditated crime; knowing wrongdoing

Etymology

From 確 (certain) + 信 (belief). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of firm conviction.