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信ずる

しんずる

to believe, to believe in, to place trust in

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Examples

  1. 私は彼を信ずる。

    わたしはかれをしんずる。

    I believe in him.

  2. 見ることは信ずることなり。

    みることはしんずることなり。

    Seeing is believing.

  3. 自分の力を信ずる者だけが最後まで戦える。

    じぶんのちからをしんずるものだけがさいごまでたたかえる。

    Only those who believe in their own strength can fight to the end.

Common patterns

神を信ずる
to believe in God
自分を信ずる
to believe in oneself
信ずるに足る
worthy of belief

Memory tip

A literary, old-fashioned variant of 信じる with exactly the same meaning; you meet it in speeches, proverbs and written quotations rather than conversation. Everyday Japanese uses 信じる.

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