品定め|しなさだめshinasadame[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbevaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism; commenting on
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 品定めする（しなさだめする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 品定めします（しなさだめします） |
| Negative (nai) | 品定めしない（しなさだめしない） |
| polite (masen) | 品定めしません（しなさだめしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 品定めせず・品定めせぬ（しなさだめせず・しなさだめせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 品定めした（しなさだめした） |
| polite (mashita) | 品定めしました（しなさだめしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 品定めしなかった（しなさだめしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 品定めしませんでした（しなさだめしませんでした） |
| Te form | 品定めして（しなさだめして） |
| Potential | 品定めできる（しなさだめできる） |
| Passive | 品定めされる（しなさだめされる） |
| Causative | 品定めさせる（しなさだめさせる） |
| Causative passive | 品定めさせられる（しなさだめさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 品定めすれば（しなさだめすれば） |
| tara | 品定めしたら（しなさだめしたら） |
| Volitional | 品定めしよう（しなさだめしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 品定めしましょう（しなさだめしましょう） |
| Imperative | 品定めしろ（しなさだめしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym評価ひょうかNeutralThe everyday, most common word for evaluating; it weighs a thing's value and can also mean a favourable rating. Unlike 「品定め」, it has no critical, sizing-up air.
- Synonym品評ひんぴょうWrittenWritten word for judging the merits of goods or works; mostly seen in 「品評会」.
- Synonym査定さていWrittenWritten word for inspecting something and fixing its monetary value or grade, as in 「中古車の査定」.
- Synonym評ひょうNeutralA comment or review; mostly used as a suffix, as in 「書評」 or 「映画評」.
- Synonym吟味ぎんみWrittenWritten word for close, careful scrutiny or weighing up, as in 「素材を吟味する」 or 「証拠を吟味する」; it carries no sizing-up, judging-people nuance.
- Synonym鑑定かんていWrittenWritten word for an expert judging authenticity or value, as of art or antiques.
- Synonym評定ひょうていWrittenWritten word for settling on a grade or price as the outcome; more formal than 「品定め」.
- Synonym値踏みねぶみCasualColloquial: estimating what something is worth; also used for sizing up a person's standing, which brings it close to 「品定め」.
- Synonym評するひょうするNeutralA neutral verb for passing comment or a verdict on a person or work.
- Related格付けかくづけNeutralRating or ranking people and things into grades by qualification or ability; has an institutional, systematised feel.
- Related論評ろんぴょうWrittenWritten word for reasoned commentary that discusses and then evaluates a subject; typical of newspaper and magazine opinion pieces.
- Related講評こうひょうWrittenWritten word for a teacher, judge or coach commenting on a work or performance while explaining the reasons; more formal than 「品定め」.
- Related選評せんぴょうWrittenWritten word for selecting outstanding literary works or poems and writing commentary on them.
- Related位置付けいちづけWrittenWritten word for assessing where something stands within the whole — its position and significance.
- Related採点さいてんNeutralScoring: assigning points to grade tests or works.
- RelatedレビューNeutralLoanword for reviews of works or products, such as online shopping reviews.
- Related判断はんだんNeutralDeciding after comparing and weighing things up; the broadest of these words in range.
- Related判定はんていNeutralRuling on victory or defeat, right or wrong against set criteria.
- Related評論ひょうろんWrittenWritten word for critical analysis worked up into articles.
- Related批判ひはんNeutralPointing out faults and errors; carries a negative, critical colour.
- Related位置付けるいちづけるWrittenWritten verb for placing something in its proper position within the whole.
- Related判ずるはんずるWrittenWritten word for judging or working something out, such as inferring a riddle or deciding what is right.
Use 「品定め」 for sizing up people or things with a critical eye, as in 「客を品定めする」. For neutral, formal evaluation choose 「評価」; for estimating a price, 「値踏み」. 「査定」 fixes a value, 「鑑定」 is expert authentication, and 「論評」 is reasoned press commentary.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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