認定

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 認定 is read as にんてい and is a noun and する verb for formally certifying or recognizing status, quality, or compliance with a standard.
• Basic usage: A product being certified as meeting a standard appears in 基準を満たすと認定される, while experience being required for certification appears in 資格の認定に経験が必要だ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Passive decision and qualification process
  • Use 認定される for something receiving a decision and 資格の認定 for the certification process itself.
• Difference from 承認
  • Unlike approval of a proposal or action, this term focuses on formally determining that standards or qualifications are met.