認知

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 認知, read にんち, and it combines 認, meaning recognize, with 知, meaning know.
• Basic usage: The basic sense of 認知 covers perceiving or recognizing something and the broader public recognition or awareness of a fact or need.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Individual cognition and public awareness
  • The forms are 認知する and 認知されてきた. The first concerns the ability to perceive space, while the second describes a need becoming progressively recognized.
• Age-related change and growing recognition of a system
  • 年齢とともに空間を認知する力が変化することがある。 — The ability to perceive space can change with age.
  • この制度の必要性は少しずつ認知されてきた。 — Awareness of the need for this system has gradually grown.