How to say "inspection" in Japanese

• 検査けんさJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe most direct word when inspection means a close check: examining goods, machinery or a person to test condition or find faults, as at customs or in a factory.
  子宮癌しきゅうがんの検査けんさをしていただきたいのです。↗

  I'd like to have a Pap smear done.
• 審査しんさJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbInspection only in the sense of examining something in order to judge it, as when screening applications or judging entries; for checking goods or machinery it is seldom the word you want.
  彼かれの作品さくひんを審査しんさするときには、彼かれの経験けいけん不足ふそくを考慮こうりょに入いれなければならない。↗

  In judging his work, we must take account of his lack of experience.
• 見学けんがくJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbInspection by looking: visiting a place to observe how it works or what it is like, as on a field trip or tour. It does not mean examining things for faults.
  その実施じっし見学けんがくは非常ひじょうにためになった。↗

  I found the field trip very educational.
• 閲覧えつらんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbInspection of documents or other readable material: looking or reading through them, perusal. For physical checks or audits this is not the word; think of reading rather than examining.
• 監査かんさCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbInspection in the sense of an audit: a formal examination of accounts, records or an organization to judge whether they are in order. Not the word for ordinary checking of goods.

Use 検査 for checking goods, machinery or health; 審査 for examining something in order to judge it; 監査 for audits; 見学 for observational visits and tours; 閲覧 for reading through documents.

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• 検査けんさinspection (e.g. customs, factory)
• 審査しんさjudging
• 見学けんがくinspection
• 閲覧えつらんinspection
• 監査かんさinspection
• 視察しさつinspection
• 調べしらべinvestigation
• 検定けんていofficial certification
• 検問けんもんinspection
• 検分けんぶんinspection
• 査察ささつinspection (for compliance)
• 監察かんさつinspection
• 観閲かんえつinspection (of troops)
• 参観さんかんvisit
• 検品けんぴんinspection
• インスペクションinspection
• 縦覧じゅうらんinspection
• 検見けんみinspection
• 閲えつinspection (esp. of a document)
• 査閲さえつinspection
• 高覧こうらん(your) perusal
• 分解検査ぶんかいけんさoverhaul
• 賢覧けんらん(your) perusal
• チェックcheck
• 検閲けんえつinspection
• 改めあらためexamination