レビューrebyuu

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbreview

• Synonym評論ひょうろんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Critical essays on works or social phenomena; 「レビュー」 focuses on evaluating products and works.
• Synonym批評ひひょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Criticism that weighs merits and flaws, as in 「文芸批評」; more formal than 「レビュー」.
• Synonym論評ろんぴょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Arguing a matter through and adding commentary on it, as in 「論評を加える」; 「レビュー」 more often evaluates works or products.
• Synonym講評こうひょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A teacher, judge, or expert comments on a work or presentation, explaining the reasons; stresses guidance.
• Synonym評ひょうWrittenWritten/formal prose on its own and mostly a suffix, as in 「書評」; 「レビュー」 can stand alone.
• Synonym品評ひんぴょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Judging the quality of goods and ranking them, as in 「品評会」; 「レビュー」 centres on writing up an evaluation.
• SynonymクリティークWrittenWritten/formal prose. Loanword for critical analysis of works or viewpoints; academic and not often used.
• Related選評せんぴょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Comments on entries chosen in a selection such as an essay contest; involves selection, which 「レビュー」 does not.
• Related品定めしなさだめNeutralNeutral. Weighing up the merits of people or things, as in 「客を品定めする」; 「レビュー」 is usually a written-up evaluation.
• RelatedコメントNeutralNeutral. Loanword for a brief remark, common in speech, as in 「コメント欄」; 「レビュー」 is a fuller evaluation.
• Related批判ひはんNeutralNeutral. Criticism that often points out faults or assigns blame, as in 「政府批判」; 「レビュー」 does not necessarily find fault.
• RelatedクリティシズムWrittenWritten/formal prose. Loanword for criticism of literary or artistic works; academic and rare in daily use. Product reviews are 「レビュー」.
• Related概評がいひょうWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare. A rough overall assessment; reviews of products or works are normally 「レビュー」.
• Related評注ひょうちゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose, academic. Commentary combined with annotation, centred on the notes themselves; annotating is not part of what 「レビュー」 means.
• Related評釈ひょうしゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose, academic. Comments on and interprets texts, poems, or court cases, as in 「判例評釈」; stresses interpretation.
• Related評註ひょうちゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose, academic. An alternative spelling of 「評注」: commentary with annotation, whereas annotating a text is not built into the meaning of 「レビュー」.

Use 「レビュー」 for evaluations of products and works. For formal critical essays choose 「評論」, for criticism weighing merits 「批評」, for brief remarks 「コメント」, for a teacher's or judge's feedback 「講評」, for fault-finding 「批判」. 「論評」 comments on an issue, 「品定め」 sizes up people or things, 「選評」 judges contest entries, and 「評注」 or 「評釈」 are academic commentary.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 作品さくひんなどを批評ひひょうすること。また、それを書かいた記事きじ。
2. 調査ちょうさし直なおすこと。