Confession - Hakujo

Japanese: 白状 - はくじょう

〘 noun 〙 ("haku" means to tell)① (━suru) To tell everything without hiding anything. To tell the truth about a crime one has committed. Confession. Self-confession. [Iroha Jiruishō (1177-81)] *Kojidan (around 1212-15) 6 "I have confessed, _but _{I have not} yet been _punished _{for the} _crime ." [Kanshu - Heikichi] ② A criminal's confession. A document in which the crimes stated by a criminal are written down. Some are in the form of a dialogue with the interrogator, while others list the crimes in bullet points, and at the end there are signatures from the criminal and the interrogator. Statement. Oral confession. *Heike (before the 13th century) 2 "The interrogation was harsh, so I have decided to tell the truth. The confession was written on four or five pages."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「白」は申すの意)① (━する) 隠さないですべてを申し述べること。自分の犯した罪を申し述べること。自白。自供。〔色葉字類抄（1177‐81）〕※古事談（1212‐15頃）六「已以白状、雖_レ然不_レ被_レ行_二罪科_一」〔漢書‐丙吉〕② 犯人の自白書。罪人が申し述べた罪状を書き記した文書。糾問者との問答形式をとるものや、罪状を箇条書にしたものなどがあり、末尾に犯人と糾問者の署判がある。くちがき。口供(こうきょう)。※平家（１３Ｃ前）二「糺問はきびしかりけり、残なうこそ申けれ。白状四五枚に記せられ」

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