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VocabularyJLPT N4 · core

信じる

しんじる
hepburn shinjiru

to believe, to trust

Part of speech · ichidan-verb

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Examples

  1. 私はあなたの言葉を信じます。
    I believe your words.
  2. そんな話は信じられません。
    I cannot believe such a story.

Collocations

言葉を信じる神を信じる信じられない人を信じる固く信じる

Mnemonic

信じる shinjiru — from 信 (trust, belief): the person radical 亻 with 言 (word) — to trust a person's words. The same kanji is in 信用 (shin'you, credit) and 自信 (jishin, self-confidence). 信じられない (unbelievable) is a common conversational expression of surprise. An ichidan verb.

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