How to say "check" in Japanese

• チェックJLPT N4approx.Common
  no-adjectiveCovers 'check' only as the pattern: a checked or plaid design on cloth or clothing. For a checked shirt or a plaid skirt, this katakana word is the one you want.
  彼かれの稿こう模様もようのスーツとチェックのネクタイは合あわなかった。↗

  His striped suit and checked tie didn't match.
• 防止ぼうしJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix), suru verb, transitive verbA noun for prevention: keeping something undesirable, such as an accident or a crime, from happening. Its 'check' is this sense of a restraint, not examining or verifying anything.
  チョコレートにはＬＤＬの酸化さんかを防止ぼうしする力ちからがある。↗

  Chocolate acts to prevent LDL oxidisation.
• 札ふだCommon
  nounA noun for a small card or slip of paper: a ticket, a token, a receipt. Its 'check' is a slip of this kind, not a way of saying 'check something'.
• 照らし合わせるてらしあわせるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers 'to check' in the sense of comparing one thing against another: checking your answers against the key, or a translation against the original. The nuance is careful, side-by-side comparison.
  君きみらは自みずからの責任せきにんにおいて、自みずからの良心りょうしんに照らし合てらしあわせ、決定けっていを下くださなくてはならない。↗

  You must make decisions about your responsibility in the light of your conscience.
• 食い止めるくいとめるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbUse this for 'check' meaning to stop or hold back something harmful that is spreading or advancing — checking the spread of a disease, for example. The nuance is halting something in motion.
  被害ひがいは最小限さいしょうげんに食い止くいとめられた。↗

  The damage was held to a minimum.

Use 「チェック」 for the plaid pattern, 「照らし合わせる」 for checking by comparison, 防止 for keeping something undesirable from happening, 「食い止める」 for holding back something harmful already under way, and 札 for a slip such as a ticket or token.

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• チェックcheck (pattern)
• 防止ぼうしprevention
• 札ふだticket
• 照らし合わせるてらしあわせるto check
• 食い止めるくいとめるto check
• 抑圧よくあつcheck
• 確かめるたしかめるto make sure
• 引き止めるひきとめるto detain
• 確認かくにんconfirmation
• 王手おうてcheck
• 照合しょうごうcheck (against)
• 小切手こぎってcheque
• 検問けんもんinspection
• 制止せいしcontrol
• 診るみるto examine (medically)
• お会計おかいけいbill (at a restaurant)
• 検査けんさinspection (e.g. customs, factory)
• 抑制よくせいcontrol
• 阻止そしobstruction
• 阻害そがいobstruction
• 阻むはばむto keep someone from doing
• ビルbill
• 牽制けんせいcheck
• 市松いちまつcheck (pattern)
• 押しとどめるおしとどめるto check
• チッキcheck (token for left luggage)
• 碁盤縞ごばんじまcheck
• 沮害そがいcheck
• 合札あいふだcheck (e.g. baggage claim)
• 王手をかけるおうてをかけるto check (in chess)
• 割符わりふtally
• 符節ふせつtally
• 勘定書かんじょうしょbill
• 閲するえっするto inspect
• 閲すえっすto inspect
• お勘定おかんじょうbill (e.g. at a restaurant)
• オンにするto turn on (a device, appliance, etc.)
• 留め具とめぐlatch
• 掣肘せいちゅうrestraint
• 引換証ひきかえしょうreceipt
• 支えるささえるto hold at bay
• 会計かいけいbill (at a restaurant)
• チェッカーcheck (pattern)
• 石畳いしだたみcheck (pattern)
• 改めるあらためるto examine
• 勘定かんじょうbill
• 押さえ込むおさえこむto suppress
• 歯止めはどめbrake (on inflation, spending, etc.)
• みるto examine
• 突き合わせるつきあわせるto compare (with)
• 抑えるおさえるto hold back (e.g. an enemy)
• 験するけんするto check (a calculation)
• せき止めるせきとめるto stem (an activity)
• 付け合せるつけあわせるto compare
• 引き合わせるひきあわせるto compare
• お愛想おあいそbill (at a restaurant)
• 徴するちょうするto look for evidence
• 当たるあたるto feel (something) out
• 引くひくto look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.)
• 愛想あいそbill (at a restaurant)
• 押さえるおさえるto quell