To use “信用”, “信頼” and “信任” properly

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June 30, 2010, 9:50:29 To use “信用”, “信頼” and “信任” properly Theme: Paginal translations where the effects catch my eye (JP → EN)

The meanings are subtly different for “信用” and “信頼”. The former indicates an act where you believe in the other party after you calculated the losses and gains, but for the latter, the feeling where you devote yourself to the other party beyond your interests is expressed. I think that if we translate them into English after we became aware of the difference, saying “信用” is “give credit to s.b.” and “信頼” is “rely on s.b.” is practically appropriate.

I will extract the following from “5. Have Confidence” in Chapter 5 “The Secrets Of Communication” of “Communication Manual With Guides” by Fujita, Tatsuzou:

Even in the general public, 信用 and 信頼 are different things, aren't they? ''Saying “I'll lend you money on the condition you never fail to pay it back by the appointed time,” is 信用. In contrast to that, saying “I'll do you the favour of lending you money, because I believe that you'll surely do me the favour of paying it back. Even if you don't do me the favour of paying it back, it's this person's (i.e. my) responsibility. I'll lend it to you because I believe in you, I tell you,” is 信頼.''

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【Postscript 2015-11-25】

Mr. Murakami, Haruki summarized his own thoughts in replies to readers that were gathered in “Mr. Murakami's Place”:

''The wise remark, “Players'll give you credit, but they won't rely on you.” was once made by Mr. Nagashima, Shigeo. To sum up, he probably means that towards subordinate players, “They'll basically accept them positively, but as far as the details are concerned, they'll steadfastly aim suspicious glances at them.” They are “Nagashima's words” as usual, but you understand them as a sense somehow, isn't that right?''

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Moreover, “信任” means the act of leaving the management of something to someone because you trust the other party. I will quote Ryouma's lines which include this “信任” from “Moonlit Evening” of “Ryouma Goes His Way (8)” by Shiba, Ryoutarou. Mutsu, Yonosuke, who Gotou, Shoujirou assumes Ryouma's great plan went out from his own mind and is sure to propose to Youdou, suspects:

''“Isn't it natural? He is participating in the government, and Youdi's trust is also intense. It's that he should rise up within the feudal domain with this great exploit at last.”''

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