吟味|ぎんみginmi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbclose examination; careful investigation; close inspection; careful selection; inquiry; enquiry; scrutiny; testing
   社しゃの弁護士べんごしに暫定ざんてい合意ごういの内容ないようを吟味ぎんみしてもらおう。↗

   We'll have our firm's attorneys look through the provisional agreement.
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinvestigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt
3. noun, hanafudawinner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game)
4. noun, suru verb, transitive verbreciting and appreciating traditional poetryorig. meaning

• Synonym精査せいさWrittenWritten register: a thorough, meticulous investigation. 「吟味」 instead centers on carefully examining content and weighing good against bad.
• Synonym検討けんとうNeutralStudying and discussing a plan from many angles; 「吟味」 puts more weight on examining things one by one.
• Synonym考察こうさつWrittenWritten register: deep thought and study, common in academic contexts; 「吟味」 stresses close scrutiny and deliberation.
• Synonym調べしらべNeutralAn investigation — or, in another sense, a tune or melody; 「吟味」 means careful scrutiny and deliberation.
• Synonym調べるしらべるNeutralThe most general verb: to look up or investigate; 「吟味」 narrows this to careful scrutiny of content and quality.
• Synonym追及ついきゅうWrittenWritten register: pursuing causes or holding someone responsible; 「吟味」 stays with examining the content itself.
• Synonym点検てんけんNeutralChecking equipment, procedures or content item by item; 「吟味」 is about weighing merits and demerits.
• Synonym品定めしなさだめNeutralComparing and judging the merits or value of things or people; 「吟味」 stresses close examination and choosing, without necessarily judging.
• Related調査ちょうさNeutralA general word for investigation with a very broad range; 「吟味」 instead stresses close scrutiny and careful deliberation.
• Related検査けんさNeutralInspection or testing, as in a medical checkup; 「吟味」 is about weighing merits and scrutinizing content.
• Related取り調べとりしらべWrittenWritten register: detailed investigation; in criminal cases, interrogating suspects. 「吟味」 too once carried this interrogating sense.
• Related審査しんさNeutralScreening works, applications or plans to decide whether they pass; 「吟味」 does not necessarily involve such a verdict.
• Related取り調べるとりしらべるNeutralThe verb: to investigate in detail or interrogate a suspect; 「吟味」 instead stresses careful scrutiny and deliberation.
• Related査問さもんWrittenWritten. Investigating and questioning someone face to face, usually within an organization; 「吟味」 now means close scrutiny, its old interrogation sense fading.
• Related検察けんさつFormalFormal legal term for prosecution and criminal investigation; 「吟味」 is ordinary careful scrutiny of content or choices.
• Related査察ささつFormalFormal register: on-site checks for compliance, such as a tax inspection; 「吟味」 is about weighing and deliberating.
• Related鑑定かんていNeutralAppraising authenticity or value with specialist knowledge; 「吟味」 instead means looking closely at what is good or bad.
• Related検視けんしFormalFormal police and forensic usage: examining a body or a crime scene; 「吟味」 is general careful scrutiny.
• Related考証こうしょうWrittenWritten register: gathering evidence to verify historical facts; 「吟味」 is not limited to historical subjects.
• Related評価ひょうかNeutralEvaluating or rating something; 「吟味」 is the careful scrutiny done before such an evaluation.
• Related検分けんぶんWrittenWritten register: attending in person to inspect and verify; 「吟味」 is about scrutinizing and weighing content.
• Related検するけんするWrittenWritten and rare: to inspect or supervise. 「吟味」 is the far more common choice.
• Related査閲さえつWrittenWritten register: on-site inspection and review, formerly much used in military contexts; 「吟味」 is about scrutinizing content.

Use 「吟味」 for scrutinizing content, evidence, plans or materials closely, as in 「素材を吟味する」 or 「吟味を重ねる」. For a thorough, detailed investigation choose 「精査」; for checking or testing, 「検査」 or 「点検」; for studying a plan from several angles, 「検討」. 「調査」 and 「調べる」 cover general investigation, while 「審査」 adds a pass/fail verdict and 「評価」 or 「品定め」 a judgement of value. Legal and official contexts take their own terms: 「取り調べ」, 「検察」, 「査察」, 「検視」.

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1. 詩歌しいかを吟ぎんじてその含蓄がんちくを味あじわうこと。
2. 物事ものごとをよくよく精査せいさすること。
3. よく調しらべて選定せんていすること。
4. 罪人ざいにんに対たいして詮議せんぎを行おこなうこと。
5. 監督かんとくすること。
6. 数学すうがくの問題もんだいなどで、導みちびかれた解かいが題意だいいを満みたすか検討けんとうすること。