認にん知ち

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

recognition; awareness; acknowledgement

Used for recognizing, becoming aware of, or acknowledging that something exists or is the case. Often appears as 認知する, 認知している, or 認知される.

• 会かい社しゃは事じ故この発はっ生せいを認にん知ちしていた。

  The company was aware that the accident had occurred.

• この問もん題だいはまだ広ひろく認にん知ちされていない。

  This problem is not yet widely recognized.

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

cognition; mental recognition; cognitive function

Psychological or medical use referring to mental processes such as perceiving, knowing, understanding, and judging. Common in compounds such as 認知機能 and 認知心理学.

• 加か齢れいとともに認にん知ち機き能のうが低てい下かすることがある。

  Cognitive function may decline with age.

• 認にん知ち心しん理り学がくでは、人ひとが情じょう報ほうをどう処しょ理りするかを研けん究きゅうする。

  Cognitive psychology studies how people process information.

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

legal acknowledgement; acknowledgement of parentage

In legal or family contexts, 認知 can mean formally acknowledging a child as one's own. This is a specialized extension of 'acknowledgement.'

• 彼かれはその子こを自じ分ぶんの子ことして認にん知ちした。

  He legally acknowledged the child as his own.