拝観|はいかんhaikan[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsee; inspect; visit
    この国宝こくほうは年ねん1回かいしか拝観はいかんを許ゆるされない。↗
    This national treasure can be seen by the public only once a year.
Conjugation
Dictionary form拝観する(はいかんする)
Polite (masu)拝観します(はいかんします)
Negative (nai)拝観しない(はいかんしない)
polite (masen)拝観しません(はいかんしません)
classical zu / nu拝観せず・拝観せぬ(はいかんせず・はいかんせぬ)
Past (ta)拝観した(はいかんした)
polite (mashita)拝観しました(はいかんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)拝観しなかった(はいかんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)拝観しませんでした(はいかんしませんでした)
Te form拝観して(はいかんして)
Potential拝観できる(はいかんできる)
Passive拝観される(はいかんされる)
Causative拝観させる(はいかんさせる)
Causative passive拝観させられる(はいかんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)拝観すれば(はいかんすれば)
tara拝観したら(はいかんしたら)
Volitional拝観しよう(はいかんしよう)
polite (mashou)拝観しましょう(はいかんしましょう)
Imperative拝観しろ(はいかんしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym拝見はいけんFormalFormal humble word for 「見る」, the most versatile, e.g. 「お手紙を拝見」; not limited to temples, unlike 「拝観」.
  • Related観覧かんらんWrittenWritten-style word for viewing exhibitions or matches, as in 「観覧車」; unlike 「拝観」 it carries no humble nuance.
  • Relatedご覧なさるごらんなさるFormalFormal honorific for 「見る」, used for someone else's looking. 「拝観」 is humble speech for your own viewing of temples and shrines.
  • Related拝覧FormalFormal word for viewing something respectfully, but very rarely used; 「拝見」 is the usual choice.

For humble everyday seeing, use 「拝見」. Use 「拝観」 for visiting shrines, temples and their treasures, as in 「拝観料」. Use 「観覧」 for viewing exhibitions or matches. ご覧なさる is honorific for others' viewing; 拝覧 is rare.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. (神社じんじゃ・仏閣ぶっかくやその宝物たからものなどを)謹つつしんで見みること。
  2. 「見みる」の謙譲語けんじょうご。
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