Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 証言する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 証しょう 言げん する 証しょう 言げん しない Polite 証しょう 言げん します 証しょう 言げん しません Past polite 証しょう 言げん しました 証しょう 言げん しませんでした Past 証しょう 言げん した 証しょう 言げん しなかった Te-form 証しょう 言げん して 証しょう 言げん しないで Desire 証しょう 言げん したい 証しょう 言げん したくない Potential 証しょう 言げん できる 証しょう 言げん できない Passive 証しょう 言げん される 証しょう 言げん されない Causative 証しょう 言げん させる 証しょう 言げん させない Causative passive 証しょう 言げん させられる 証しょう 言げん させられない Volitional 証しょう 言げん しよう Polite volitional 証しょう 言げん しましょう Imperative 証しょう 言げん しろ 証しょう 言げん するな Conditional 証しょう 言げん すれば 証しょう 言げん しなければ Tara conditional 証しょう 言げん したら 証しょう 言げん しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 証しょう 言げん する to testify at/in a place (e.g. court)
He ended up testifying in court.
証しょう 言げん に 立た つ to take the witness stand
She took the stand to testify about the incident.
証しょう 言げん を 求もと める to request testimony from someone
The police asked the witness for testimony.
証しょう 言げん が 食く い 違ちが う for testimonies to contradict each other
The two witnesses' testimonies contradict each other.
証しょう 言げん を 撤てっ 回かい する to retract one's testimony
He later retracted his testimony.
Kanji 証 evidence, proof, certificate Related words 供述 is the formal legal term for a statement given to police or in court, while 証言 is broader and can describe any spoken testimony, even outside legal settings.
陳述 refers to a formal statement or declaration (often written or legal), whereas 証言 specifically means spoken testimony given as evidence.
証拠 refers to physical or material evidence, while 証言 specifically means verbal testimony or a spoken account.
証言 is the standard word for giving spoken testimony (e.g. in court), while 証 in its witnessing sense is a more literary, often religious term for testifying to one's faith.
Opposites 物証 is physical, tangible evidence, whereas 証言 is spoken testimony given by a witness, the classic contrasting category in legal proceedings.
Don't confuse with 証明 means 'proof' or 'to prove something logically or factually,' while 証言 means 'testimony,' a spoken account given as evidence.
証言 is spoken testimony given by a witness, while 証拠 covers any kind of proof, spoken or physical.
Word family witness stand; witness box
witness; deponent
accomplice testimony; state's evidence; crown evidence
court testimony
eyewitness testimony
deposition; record of testimony
Etymology Compound of 証 (proof, evidence) and 言 (words, speech). The combination straightforwardly yields 'testimony' or 'verbal evidence'.
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