信用 Trust

Meaning

Primary

Trust

Alternative

Confidence

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

Your task is to believe. In order to do that, you have to have plenty of trust in what you believe in... not to mention confidence.

Reading

しんよう

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 信用が〜

  信用ができる

  can trust

  信用がある

  to have trust

  信用がなくなる

  to lose trust

• 信用を〜

  信用をなくす

  to lose credibility

  信用を落とす

  to have one's credibility plummet

  信用を失う

  to lose someone's trust

• 信用〜

  信用売り

  short selling

  信用力

  creditworthiness, reliability

  信用リスク

  credit risk

• 〜の信用

  会社の信用

  a company's creditworthiness, a company's trustworthiness

  国の信用

  a country's creditworthiness, a country's credibility

  銀行の信用

  bank credit

Context Sentences

トーフグチームは、コウイチの言うことを全めん的に信用しています。

The Tofugu team completely trusts what Koichi says.

コウイチの不しょう事が、トーフグの信用をきずつけてしまった。

Koichi's scandal has injured Tofugu's credit.

私は、掃除や料理、マッサージや寝る前の歌なんかで、妻から信用点をつけられていると思っていたが、なんと逆に離婚されてしまったよ。

I thought I would score some points with my wife if I cleaned the house, made dinner, gave her a massage, and sung her to sleep, but instead she divorced me.

Kanji Composition

1. 信

   しん Believe
2. 用

   よう Task