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認める [ichi1,news2,nf36]
みとめる [ichi1,news2,nf36]
1. [v1,vt]
▶ to recognize
▶ to recognise
▶ to observe
▶ to notice
2. [v1,vt]
▶ to deem
▶ to judge
▶ to assess
3. [v1,vt]
▶ to approve
▶ to deem acceptable
▶ to allow
4. [v1,vt]
▶ to admit
▶ to accept
▶ to confess (to a charge)
5. [v1,vt]
▶ to watch steadily
▶ to observe carefully
6. [v1,vt]
▶ to renown
▶ to give renown to
▶ to appreciate
▶ to acknowledge

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2012-08-21 05:02:34  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2012-08-21 02:07:49  Jeff Diamond <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
"assess" was spelled "asses." I don't know if this is an Aussie-ism, but it made me laugh out loud at the mental picture of "to asses."
  Diff:
@@ -29,1 +29,1 @@
-<gloss>to asses</gloss>
+<gloss>to assess</gloss>
2. A 2012-06-21 03:57:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2012-06-18 12:41:26  Marcus
  Refs:
daijs, daijr (daijr has one more sense than daijs, sense 3: 
approve) 

example for "confess (to a charge)"
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20120618-
OYT1T01014.htm?from=main5
"生徒は傷が肺に達しているが、命に別条はないという。県警橋本署は少女を殺人未遂
容疑で緊急逮捕。少女は認めているという。"
  Diff:
@@ -21,5 +21,0 @@
-<gloss>to appreciate</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&v1;</pos>
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -32,0 +27,14 @@
+<gloss>to deem</gloss>
+<gloss>to judge</gloss>
+<gloss>to asses</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to approve</gloss>
+<gloss>to deem acceptable</gloss>
+<gloss>to allow</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -33,1 +42,16 @@
-<gloss>to approve</gloss>
+<gloss>to accept</gloss>
+<gloss>to confess (to a charge)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to watch steadily</gloss>
+<gloss>to observe carefully</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to renown</gloss>
+<gloss>to give renown to</gloss>
+<gloss>to appreciate</gloss>
+<gloss>to acknowledge</gloss>

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