How to say "assay" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 試金しきんnoun, suru verbCovers the assaying of metal or ore: testing a sample to determine its content or purity. A less common word, and it fits only this metallurgical sense, not the laboratory sense of 'assay'.
- 試験法しけんほうnounMatches 'assay' as a testing method: the procedure by which something is measured, as in laboratory work. It points to the method itself rather than the act of assaying, and is a less common rendering.
Use 試金 for assay in the sense of testing metal or ore for content or purity, and 試験法 for an assay as a testing method or procedure in laboratory work; both are less common choices.
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