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告白

告白

Chinese

to tell; to inform; to say
 
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad.
(告白)

Verb

告白

  1. to confess
  2. to declare one's love

Noun

告白

  1. confession
  2. declaration of love
  3. advertisement; notice; bulletin

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こく
Grade: 4
はく
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

告白 (hiragana こくはく, romaji kokuhaku)

  1. confession
  2. declaration of love, a confession of one's feelings toward someone

Verb

告白する (hiragana こくはくする, romaji kokuhaku suru)

  1. to confess
  2. declare one's love, to confess one's feelings to someone

Conjugation

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

告白 (gobaek) (hangeul 고백)

  1. Hanja form? of 고백, “confession”.