Kumi logo
    Kumi

    Learn Japanese. Where understanding folds into fluency.

    Dictionary

    KanjiKanji vocabularyKana vocabularyKanaRadicalsGrammarJLPT N5

    Learn

    GuidesStart where you areWhat is KMT?RoadmapFAQ

    Connect

    EmailDiscordInstagramThreadsTikTokYouTubeLinkedInBlueskyX

    Newsletter

    Start learning free →

    Free forever tier. No card required.

    © 2026 Kumiai Inc. All rights reserved.

    AboutFAQContactStatusPrivacyTermsAttributions
    Dictionary
    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji Vocab
    3. 自白

    自白

    自じ白はく

    confession

    KMT5News #11+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab11 strokes

    じはく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    confession, admission

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは罪つみを自じ白はくした。

    He confessed to the crime.

    KMT4Politics & LawCore Concepts
    警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃの自じ白はくを引ひき出だそうとした。

    The police tried to elicit a confession from the suspect.

    KMT5Politics & Law
    彼かれの自じ白はくは、事じ件けん解かい決けつの重じゅう要ような手てがかりとなった。

    His confession became an important clue to solving the case.

    KMT6Politics & Law
    真しん実じつを語かたることで、彼かれは心こころの重おも荷にから解かい放ほうされたと自じ白はくした。

    He confessed that by telling the truth, he was freed from a burden on his heart.

    KMT6Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    弁べん護ご士しは、自じ白はくの任にん意い性せいを巡めぐって検けん察さつ側がわと争あらそった。

    The lawyer argued with the prosecution over the voluntariness of the confession.

    KMT7Politics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    白
    しろ・しら-・しろ.い…(5)
    white
    Kumi logo

    Track your mastery

    Kumi's KMT system tracks your mastery across kanji, vocabulary, grammar, and reading. Create a free account to use it on 220,000+ concepts.

    Related concepts for this entry

    Used in vocabulary

    • 自
    • 白

    Explore more

    Kanji Vocab dictionary›Browse all entries›