自じ供きょう

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自供する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

confession; admission of guilt

Refers to a formal confession, especially in legal, police, or news contexts. Often used with する to mean 'to confess' or 'to admit guilt'.

〈人ひと〉が〈事こと〉を自じ供きょうするfor someone to confess to something (a crime)
犯はん人にんは殺さつ人じんを自じ供きょうした。
The perpetrator confessed to the murder.
警けい察さつに自じ供きょうするto confess to the police
彼かれは警けい察さつにすべてを自じ供きょうした。
He confessed everything to the police.
〈事こと〉を自じ供きょうに基もとづいて〈動どう詞し〉to do something based on a confession
自じ供きょうに基もとづいて現げん場ばを再さい現げんした。
They reconstructed the scene based on his confession.

供きょう述じゅつ
供述 is the neutral legal term for a statement given to police or in court, while 自供 specifically implies admitting guilt.
白はく状じょうN1
白状 can be used casually for admitting any mistake or secret, whereas 自供 is formal and usually refers to confessing a crime to authorities.
告こく白はくN1
告白 covers confessions of personal feelings or secrets in general, while 自供 is limited to admitting guilt in a legal or investigative setting.
自じ白はくN1
自供 refers to the formal statement or testimony a suspect gives during interrogation, while 自白 focuses on the act of admitting guilt itself.

否ひ認にんN1
否認 means to deny an accusation, the direct opposite of 自供, which means to confess to it.

Compound of 自 (self) and 供 (submit, offer), literally 'to submit oneself', referring to a voluntary admission of guilt.