自じ白はく

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自白する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to confessing one's own crime, wrongdoing, or secret, especially in legal or serious personal contexts. Often used with する.

〈人ひと〉が〈事こと〉を自じ白はくするfor someone to confess to something (a crime, wrongdoing)
犯はん人にんは殺さつ人じんを自じ白はくした。
The culprit confessed to the murder.
自じ白はくを強きょう要ようするto force someone into a confession
警けい察さつは被ひ疑ぎ者しゃに自じ白はくを強きょう要ようした。
The police coerced the suspect into confessing.
自じ白はくを撤てっ回かいするto retract a confession
彼かれは後あとで自じ白はくを撤てっ回かいした。
He later retracted his confession.
自じ白はくに基もとづいて〈動どう詞し〉to do something based on a confession
自じ白はくに基もとづいて有ゆう罪ざい判はん決けつが下くだされた。
The guilty verdict was handed down based on the confession.

告こく白はくN1
告白 covers confessing feelings, love, or secrets broadly, while 自白 specifically means admitting one's own crime or wrongdoing, often in legal contexts.
白はく状じょうN1
白状 sounds more colloquial and forceful, like 'spilling the beans,' whereas 自白 is the formal, legal term for a confession.
自じ供きょう
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.
ゲロ
自白 is the formal legal term for confessing, while ゲロ is criminal slang for spilling the beans.

否ひ認にんN1
否認 means to deny an accusation or charge, the direct opposite of admitting guilt as in 自白.

供きょう述じゅつ
自白 means specifically confessing to a crime or wrongdoing, while 供述 is a neutral term for any statement given to investigators, whether it admits guilt or not.

Compound of 自 (self) and 白 (to confess, to make clear). The kanji 白 carries the meaning 'to state' or 'to confess' in this context.