Learn JLPT N3 Vocabulary: 承知 (shouchi)

承知 (shouchi)

Kana: しょうち
Kanji: 承知
Romaji: shouchi

Type: noun; verb (承知する)

Meaning: knowledge; consent; awareness; agreement; acknowledgement; assent; compliance

Example sentences:


そんなことはおれだって承知してるさ。
I know that very well.
sonna koto wa ore datte shouchi shiteru sa.

 

ご承知でしょうが、私は日本語が喋れません。
You know I do not speak Japanese.
goshouchi deshou ga, watashi wa nihongo ga shaberemasen.

 

いずれかが死ぬまで戦うのだということをご承知でしょうな。
You know that we shall fight till one of us is dead.
izureka ga shinu made tatakau no da to iu koto o goshouchi deshou na.

 

話を信じろと言っても無駄なのは先刻承知だ。
I know you well enough to know you’re not a man I can ask to believe.
hanashi o shinjiro to itte mo muda na no wa senkoku shouchi da.

 

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中佐本人はこの件の緊急性を承知しているんですか?
Is the Commander aware of the urgency of this matter?
chuusa honnin wa kono ken no kinkyuusei o shouchi shite irun desu ka.

 

ここでの会話が、ビデオに収められることは承知しているね?
You’re aware that we’re videotaping this conversation?
koko de no kaiwa ga, bideo ni osamerareru koto wa shouchi shite iru ne.

 

中村というのが変わった男だということは私も承知しています。
I am quite aware that Nakamura is peculiar.
nakamura to iu no ga kawatta otoko da to iu koto wa watashi mo shouchi shite imasu.

 

西欧列強が以前からヒトラーの東方政策、ソ連方向への膨張を黙認する気でいたことは、スターリンも特に承知していた。
Stalin had been only too well aware that the Western Powers had long been disposed to let Hitler expand eastward-in Russia’s direction.
seiou rekkyou ga izen kara hitoraa no touhou seisaku, soren houkou e no bouchou o mokunin suru ki de ita koto wa, sutaarin mo toku ni shouchi shite ita.

 

Similar words:

合意 (goui)

Meaning in other languages:

Chinese: 同意 (tóngyì); 知道 (zhīdào)
Korean: 알아듣다 (al-adeudda)
French: consentement; consentir
Spanish: consentimiento; consentir
German: Zustimmung; zustimmen
Italian: assenso; acconsentire

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