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    3. 裏付ける

    裏付ける

    裏うら付づけ​る​

    to support (a theory, claim, etc.)

    KMT10News #46+1Ref L1Verb, TransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    裏づける

    うらづける

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to support (a theory, claim, etc.), to back up, to substantiate, to prove

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    その証しょう拠こが彼かれの主しゅ張ちょうを裏うら付づけている。

    That evidence supports his claim.

    KMT7Core Concepts
    彼かれの言こと葉ばを裏うら付づける事じ実じつが次つぎ々つぎと明あきらかになった。

    Facts supporting his words were revealed one after another.

    KMT10Core Concepts
    この研けん究きゅう結けっ果かは、長なが年ねんの仮か説せつを科か学がく的てきに裏うら付づけるものだ。

    These research results scientifically substantiate a long-standing hypothesis.

    KMT10Science & MathCore Concepts
    契けい約やく書しょに署しょ名めいすることで、その合ごう意いを法ほう的てきに裏うら付づける。

    By signing the contract, the agreement is legally substantiated.

    KMT10Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    古こ文もん書じょの発はっ見けんが、その歴れき史し的てき記き述じゅつを裏うら付づけることになった。

    The discovery of ancient documents came to substantiate that historical account.

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    Characters that make up this word

    裏
    うら…(1)
    back・amidst・in・reverse・inside…(5)
    Kanji
    付
    つ.ける・-つ.ける・-づ.ける・つ.け・つ.け-・-つ.け…(11)
    adhere・attach・refer to・append
    Kanji
    け
    ke
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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