証拠

しょうこ · shouko · JLPT N1 · noun

evidence

🔍 証 (prove) + 拠 (grounds) = the grounds used to prove something = evidence

証 appears in 証明 (proof) and 証言 (testimony). 拠 appears in 根拠 (basis). Together they name the grounds used to prove a claim.

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