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こくはく
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission
The boy was simply listening to that confession.
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
2. professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love
When are you planning to confess your feelings?
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
Christianity
3. profession (of faith)
4. confession (of sins)
Alt. forms
告こく白はく
99%
こくはく
Pitch accent
こ
くはく
Conjugations...Used in: 8
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
Confessions of a Mask (1949 novel by Yukio Mishima)
profession of faith
Confessiones (St. Augustine of Hippo); Les Confessions (Rousseau)
Examples (18 in total)
I'm thinking of confessing.
I confessed my sin.
That is the worst confession of love ever!
I once confessed my feelings and was rejected.
When are you planning to confess your feelings?
I confessed my feelings, thinking I had nothing to lose if I got turned down.
Egged on by my friends, I told her how I felt.
I thought about just going ahead and confessing, but I'll pass.
Since I already confessed, I have no choice but to own it.
He avowed himself an atheist.
The boy was simply listening to that confession.
She confessed her love to him.
Because I thought so, I resolved to confess.
He confessed his sins to the pastor.
Tom confessed his love to me yesterday and we have started dating.
You can't make a judgment if you're suddenly confessed to by someone you don't know, right?
There is no need to be ashamed of confessing one's mistakes.
I advised the shy young man to declare his love for the beautiful girl.