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確認かくにん

kakunin

confirmation

N4

How to remember this word

確認 is the double-check that keeps Japanese offices running: open the file, look again, make sure. ご確認お願いします asks someone to take that look. Deeper digging is 調査 and weighing options is 検討 — 確認 just verifies what should already be true.

Example sentences

Example 1

meeru no naiyou o gokakunin kudasai.

Please check the contents of the email.

Example 2

okuru mae ni, mou ichido kakunin shite okimasu.

I will check it once more before sending it.