How to say "examiner" in Japanese

• 試験官しけんかん
  nounAn examiner in the sense of someone who administers or supervises an examination, such as a driving test; the natural choice when the examiner runs the test rather than judging entries or applications.
  その志望者しぼうしゃは試験官しけんかんに好このましい印象いんしょうを与あたえた。↗

  The applicant impressed the examiner favorably.
• 審査員しんさいん
  nounExaminer in the sense of a judge who evaluates entries or performances on a panel; in many contexts 'judge' is the closer English, and it is not the word for someone who administers tests.
  その学生がくせいは、自分じぶんの弁論べんろんに対たいして審査員しんさいんが批判的ひはんてきに述のべたことをひどく気きにした。↗

  The student took to heart the judge's critical comments on his speech.
• 審査官しんさかん
  nounAn official who examines applications or documents — a patent examiner, for example; the word suggests a government post scrutinizing submissions rather than someone who gives tests.
• 調査官ちょうさかん
  no-adjectiveReally an investigator: an official who conducts inquiries or investigations. Its 'examiner' rendering is marginal, and it is seldom the word you want for an examiner of tests or applications.
  調査官ちょうさかんがその場ばを去さる時とき、そこはまったく目茶苦茶めちゃくちゃだった。↗

  When he left the place, it was in an utter mess.
• 検査官けんさかん
  nounPrimarily an inspector or auditor who checks goods, facilities, or accounts for compliance; 'examiner' is a secondary rendering, and this is rarely the natural choice for examining people or applications.

All are less common renderings of 'examiner'; choose by role: 試験官 administers tests, 審査員 judges entries, 審査官 examines applications such as patents, while 調査官 and 検査官 are really investigator and inspector.

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• 試験官しけんかんexaminer
• 審査員しんさいんexaminer
• 審査官しんさかんexaminer (e.g. patent examiner)
• 調査官ちょうさかんexaminer
• 検査官けんさかんinspector
• 調査員ちょうさいんinvestigator
• 監査官かんさかんinspector
• 吟味役ぎんみやくauditor (Edo period)