How to say "inspector" in Japanese

• 監察官かんさつかんCommon
  nounAn official whose post is to inspect and supervise, often checking that organizations or staff are acting properly; use it when 'inspector' means the person holding such a post, not the act itself.
• 監察かんさつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbChiefly the act of inspection and supervision; its 'inspector' sense points to the office or post rather than to a person, so for an individual inspector 監察官 is the word you want.
• 監査役かんさやくCommon
  nounThe company officer who audits the directors' execution of their duties — the corporate statutory auditor; 'inspector' here only in this corporate-audit sense, never a general inspector.
• 監事かんじCommon
  nounA title for the officer in charge of supervising and auditing an organization's affairs, used as a post name in associations and similar bodies; not a general word for an inspector.

Use 監察官 for an official who inspects and supervises, 監察 for the inspection or the post itself, 監査役 for a company's auditing officer, and 監事 for a supervising officer of an association.

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• 監察官かんさつかんinspector
• 監察かんさつinspection
• 監査役かんさやくauditor
• インスペクターinspector
• 検査役けんさやくinspector
• 検査官けんさかんinspector
• 検閲官けんえつかんinspector
• 監督官かんとくかんinspector
• 検査員けんさいんinspector
• 検査係けんさがかりinspector
• 視察員しさついんinspector
• 監査官かんさかんinspector
• 査察官ささつかんinspector (of taxes, etc.)
• 目付めつけcensor
• 監査人かんさにんauditor
• 監事かんじsupervisor
• Ｇメンジーメンinspector