告こく白はく
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
1. confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
2. professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
3. profession (of faith)
4. confession (of sins)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
こくはく
Used in vocabulary
告こく白はく録ろく
Confessiones (St. Augustine of Hippo); Les Confessions (Rousseau)
Noun
Examples14
The minister listened to her profession of Christianity.
There is no need to be ashamed of confessing one's mistakes.
He confessed his sins to the pastor.
He confessed that he had fallen in love with me.
I was compelled to confess.
She couldn't make the admission that she had broken her father's watch.