告白こくはく
kokuhaku

Noun
Suru Verb

1. confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission

Transitive
自分じぶんあやまちを告白こくはくするのにじる必要ひつようなんもない。
jibunno ayamachio kokuhaku suru noni hajiru hitsuyōwa nanimo nai.
There is no need to be ashamed of confessing one's mistakes.
Noun
Suru Verb

2. professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love

Intransitive
かれわたくしきになったと告白こくはくした。
karewa watashio sukini nattato kokuhaku shita
He confessed that he had fallen in love with me.
Noun
Suru Verb

3. profession (of faith)

Transitive
Christianity
牧師ぼくし彼女かのじょのキリスト信仰しんこう告白こくはくいた。
bokushiwa kanojono kirisutoshinkōno kokuhakuo kiita.
The minister listened to her profession of Christianity.
Noun
Suru Verb

4. confession (of sins)

Transitive
Christianity
かれ牧師ぼくし自分じぶんつみ告白こくはくした。
karewa bokushini jibunno tsumio kokuhaku shita.
He confessed his sins to the pastor.