How to say "review" in Japanese

• レビューCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe direct loanword and the closest match to English review: written evaluations of products, films, or books, and reviews of work, projects, or performance in business and professional settings.
• 見直しみなおしCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReviewing as re-examination: taking another look at a plan, policy, price, or decision to reconsider it, often with revision in mind; this is the business and policy sense, not the studying sense.
  選挙区せんきょくの見直みなおしの試こころみは、反対はんたいの壁かべにぶちあたりました。↗

  Attempts to redraw voting districts have hit a wall of opposition.
• 復習ふくしゅうJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReview of learned material: going over what you have already studied, typically before a test; this is also the word for British 'revision' in the studying sense.
  その課かの復習ふくしゅうをしましたか。↗

  Have you gone over the lesson?
• 評論ひょうろんJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReview as critical commentary: an essay-length critical discussion of literature, film, art, or social questions; not the word for a short consumer review of a product.
  芸術家げいじゅつかは時ときには評論ひょうろんを軽蔑けいべつすることがある。↗

  Some artists are contemptuous of criticism.
• 批評ひひょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCritique or criticism: judging the merits and faults of a work or idea. For a casual product or film review this is seldom the word you want; it belongs to serious critical discussion.
  音楽家おんがくかは一般いっぱんに批評ひひょうに敏感びんかんである。↗

  Musicians are usually sensitive to criticism.

Choose 「レビュー」 for most everyday senses of review; 復習 for going over learned material; 「見直し」 for re-examining plans or policies to revise them; and 評論 or 批評 for critical reviews of works, 批評 stressing evaluative judgment.

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• レビューreview
• 見直しみなおしreview
• 復習ふくしゅうreview (of learned material)
• 評論ひょうろんcriticism
• 批評ひひょうcriticism
• 確認かくにんconfirmation
• 評ひょうcriticism
• 講評こうひょうcriticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading)
• 再検討さいけんとうre-examination
• 検討けんとうconsideration
• 審査しんさjudging
• 見学けんがくinspection
• 回顧かいこrecollecting
• 論評ろんぴょうcomment
• 復習うさらうto review
• 復習えるさらえるto review
• 温習おんしゅうreview
• おさらいreview
• 調べ直すしらべなおすto re-examine
• 閲兵えっぺいparade
• 再吟味さいぎんみre-examination
• 再検さいけんre-examination
• 見直すみなおすto re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.)
• 総括そうかつreview (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
• 再審さいしんreview
• 評説ひょうせつcomment