確認
かくにん · kakunin
Confirmation, verification, validation, review, check, affirmation, identification
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出張の予定を確認してください。
しゅっちょうのよていをかくにんしてください。
Please check the schedule for the business trip.
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コンサートが始まる前に、席を確認しました。
こんさーとがはじまるまえに、せきをかくにんしました。
Before the concert started, I checked my seat.
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シフトを確認してから、出勤してください。
しふとをかくにんしてから、しゅっきんしてください。
Please check your shift and then come to work.
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駅員さんが切符を確認している。
えきいんさんがきっぷをかくにんしている。
The station attendant is checking tickets.
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What does 確認 mean?
Confirmation, verification, validation, review, check, affirmation, identification.
How do you pronounce 確認?
かくにん (kakunin). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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