告白 — meaning in English
kokuhaku
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English meaning
- confess verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.
- confession noun A statement admitting that you did something wrong or that something is true.
Senses
告白 is used for these senses in English:
- come clean (idiomatic) To confess; admit the truth.
- confess (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
- confess (transitive) To disclose or reveal.
- confession The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
confess — full definition
- verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.
- verb To tell a priest about your sins as part of a religious practice.
confession — full definition
- noun A statement admitting that you did something wrong or that something is true.
- noun The religious practice of telling a priest one's sins in order to receive forgiveness.