"信仰" meaning in Japanese

See 信仰 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕĩŋko̞ː] Forms: 信仰 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (しん), (こう)), shinkō [romanization], sinkau [romanization], しんかう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しんこう|hhira=しんかう}} 信(しん)仰(こう) • (shinkō) ^(←しんかう (sinkau)?)
  1. (religious) belief, faith Related terms: 宗教: religion (shūkyō) (ruby: 宗教(しゅうきょう))
    Sense id: en-信仰-ja-noun-ehaTHUaO Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 36 22 12 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 22 13 29 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 52 48

Verb

IPA: [ɕĩŋko̞ː] Forms: 信仰する transitive suru [canonical] (ruby: (しん), (こう)), shinkō suru [romanization], 信仰し [stem] (ruby: (しん), (こう)), 信仰した [past] (ruby: (しん), (こう))
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|しんこう|tr=transitive}} 信(しん)仰(こう)する • (shinkō suru) transitive suru (stem 信(しん)仰(こう)し (shinkō shi), past 信(しん)仰(こう)した (shinkō shita))
  1. to have faith in a religion, to profess faith in
    Sense id: en-信仰-ja-verb-1HhH77Rd Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 36 22 12 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 22 13 29 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 52 48
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          "ref": "1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 14, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:",
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      "homophone": "進行"
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      "homophone": "進攻"
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      "homophone": "侵攻"
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      "homophone": "進攻"
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      "homophone": "侵攻"
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          "faith",
          "faith"
        ],
        [
          "profess",
          "profess"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕĩŋko̞ː]"
    },
    {
      "other": "しんこー"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "親交"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "進行"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "進攻"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "振興"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "侵攻"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "新港"
    }
  ],
  "word": "信仰"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 信仰 meaning in Japanese (6.3kB)

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  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "信仰"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "信仰",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 10"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "信仰"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "信仰",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 10"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "信仰"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "信仰",
  "trace": ""
}

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