判明

はんめい
establishing
proving
identifying
confirming

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はんめい【判明】

◇ → 判明する

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はんめい【判明】

～する 〔はっきりする〕 become clear [plain]; 〔確かめられる〕 be ascertained; be confirmed; 〔知れる〕 be known; 〔…とわかる〕 prove [turn out] (to be) 《false》; 〔…と見分けがつく〕 be identified as 《Mr. A》.

●彼の所在はまだ判明しない. His whereabouts is [are] still unknown.

・その死体は身元が判明していない. The body has not been identified.

・選挙の結果は今夜半に判明するでしょう. The results of the election should become clear during the course of tonight.

・脅迫状に同封されていた白い粉は小麦粉と判明した. The white powder included with the letter of intimidation was identified as (being) flour.

・事件の全貌が判明するには相当時間がかかるだろう. It is likely to be some time before the overall picture (of the incident) becomes clear [it becomes fully clear what happened].