ディテールditeeru

Common
ディティールditiiru
Definitions
  1. noundetail
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym詳細しょうさいNeutralThe most widely used word for details and particulars, leaning explanatory, as in 「詳細はこちら」; 「ディテール」 is more for fine points of design or works.
  • Synonym細部さいぶWrittenRefers to small local parts, more at home in written prose, as in 「細部にこだわる」; largely interchangeable with 「ディテール」, which is common in design and fashion talk.
  • Related委細いさいWrittenFull particulars or every circumstance; mostly in set phrases like 「委細面談」「委細承知」 in formal business writing; not used for the fine parts of a work.
  • Antonym大枠おおわくNeutralThe opposite: the broad overall framework or basic policy, as in 「大枠で合意する」; the counterpart of 「ディテール」 as fine detail.

「ディテール」 is for fine points of design or works, as in 「ディテールにこだわる」. For explanatory details use 「詳細」, for small parts in writing 「細部」, and for full particulars in formal business writing 「委細」; the opposite is 「大枠」, the broad framework.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 細部さいぶ、詳細しょうさい。
  2. 詳細しょうさい図ず。
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