再考|さいこうsaikou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbreconsideration
    そうでないと、購入こうにゅうの再考さいこうをしなければなりません。↗
    We might otherwise have to reconsider the purchase.
Conjugation
Dictionary form再考する(さいこうする)
Polite (masu)再考します(さいこうします)
Negative (nai)再考しない(さいこうしない)
polite (masen)再考しません(さいこうしません)
classical zu / nu再考せず・再考せぬ(さいこうせず・さいこうせぬ)
Past (ta)再考した(さいこうした)
polite (mashita)再考しました(さいこうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)再考しなかった(さいこうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)再考しませんでした(さいこうしませんでした)
Te form再考して(さいこうして)
Potential再考できる(さいこうできる)
Passive再考される(さいこうされる)
Causative再考させる(さいこうさせる)
Causative passive再考させられる(さいこうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)再考すれば(さいこうすれば)
tara再考したら(さいこうしたら)
Volitional再考しよう(さいこうしよう)
polite (mashou)再考しましょう(さいこうしましょう)
Imperative再考しろ(さいこうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym再検討さいけんとうNeutralRe-examination or review; somewhat formal, focused on going over a plan item by item, as in 「計画の再検討」. 「再考」 is about rethinking whether something is right.
  • Synonym考え直すかんがえなおすNeutralA verb: to think something over again and change one's mind; common in speech.
  • Synonym見直しみなおしNeutralReview and revision, with an emphasis on reworking systems and rules, as in 「制度の見直し」.
  • Synonym思い直すおもいなおすNeutralA verb: to have a change of heart, focused on reversing a decision already made.
  • Related熟慮じゅくりょWrittenWritten/formal prose: careful, thorough deliberation; the emphasis is on thinking things through, not necessarily on rethinking.
  • Related再議さいぎWrittenWritten/formal prose: renewed deliberation at a meeting, centered on the procedure for a motion.
  • Related再考慮さいこうりょWrittenWritten/formal prose: an explanatory way of saying reconsideration; rarely used.

Use 「再考」 for rethinking whether something is right, as in 「再考を促す」 or 「再考の余地」. For a formal re-examination say 「再検討」; for revising a system, 「見直し」; in speech, 「考え直す」; for a change of heart, 「思い直す」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 再ふたたび考かんがえる、考え直かんがえなおすこと。
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