証しょう明めい

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証明する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Broadly covers proving a fact, verifying something, or issuing official certification. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

〈事こと〉を証しょう明めいするto prove/demonstrate a fact
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの無む実じつを証しょう明めいした。
He proved his own innocence.
〈物もの〉で〈事こと〉を証しょう明めいするto prove something by means of a piece of evidence
写しゃ真しんでアリバイを証しょう明めいした。
He proved his alibi with a photo.
身み元もとを証しょう明めいするto verify/prove one's identity
パスポートで身み元もとを証しょう明めいした。
He proved his identity with his passport.
〈物もの〉の証しょう明めい書しょを発はっ行こうするto issue a certificate for something
市し役やく所しょが住じゅう民みん票ひょうの証しょう明めい書しょを発はっ行こうした。
The city office issued a certificate of residence.

証しょう拠こN2
証拠 refers to concrete evidence or material proof, while 証明 is the act or process of proving or certifying something.
立りっ証しょう
立証 stresses establishing proof through argument or demonstration, often in legal contexts, whereas 証明 is the more general term for proving or certifying.
実じっ証しょう
実証 means to prove something through actual evidence or experiment, while 証明 covers proof or certification more broadly, including official documents.
裏うら付づける
証明する means to conclusively prove something (often mathematically or legally), while 裏付ける means to provide supporting evidence without necessarily settling the matter completely.

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認にん証しょう
証明 is a general word for proof or verification, while 認証 specifically means officially certifying identity or authenticity, as in digital security or document checks.
証あかしN1
証明 is the formal, technical word for proving or verifying something (legal, scientific, mathematical), while 証 is a broader, more literary word for any sign or testament of a fact.
証しょう明めい書しょN3
証明 is the abstract act or fact of proving something, whereas 証明書 is the concrete paper document that serves as that proof.
証しょうN2
証明 is the act of proving something or a formal proof, whereas 証 refers to the proof itself, as a thing or document.
確かく証しょう
証明 emphasizes the act or process of demonstrating something is true, whereas 確証 is the solid proof that results.
明あかすN1
証明する is the common, everyday word for proving something with evidence, while 明かす in this sense is rarer and more literary.

反はん証しょう
反証 means disproof or counter-evidence, the opposite action to 証明, which is proving something true.

証しょう言げんN2
証言 means testimony or a verbal statement given as evidence, while 証明 is the broader act of proving or certifying a fact.
判はん明めいN1
証明 means to prove or certify something with evidence, while 判明 simply means a fact becomes known or clear, without necessarily involving formal proof.
照しょう明めいN1
証明 (proof, certification) is pronounced identically to 照明 (lighting) but has a completely different meaning.

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Sino-Japanese compound of 証 (evidence, proof) and 明 (clear, bright). The combination conveys making something evident or proving it clearly.