探知|たんちtanchi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbdetection
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 探知する（たんちする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 探知します（たんちします） |
| Negative (nai) | 探知しない（たんちしない） |
| polite (masen) | 探知しません（たんちしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 探知せず・探知せぬ（たんちせず・たんちせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 探知した（たんちした） |
| polite (mashita) | 探知しました（たんちしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 探知しなかった（たんちしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 探知しませんでした（たんちしませんでした） |
| Te form | 探知して（たんちして） |
| Potential | 探知できる（たんちできる） |
| Passive | 探知される（たんちされる） |
| Causative | 探知させる（たんちさせる） |
| Causative passive | 探知させられる（たんちさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 探知すれば（たんちすれば） |
| tara | 探知したら（たんちしたら） |
| Volitional | 探知しよう（たんちしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 探知しましょう（たんちしましょう） |
| Imperative | 探知しろ（たんちしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym検出けんしゅつNeutralFor detecting substances, signals, or anomalies, as in 「ウイルス検出」; 「探知」 is about probing to learn a situation or target.
- Synonym感知かんちNeutralSensing or noticing something, also a device picking up changes; 「探知」 stresses actively probing to find out.
- Synonym見つけるみつけるNeutralThe most common everyday verb for finding something; 「探知」 leans written and technical.
- Synonym検知けんちNeutralDetection by a machine, as in 「火災検知器」; 「探知」 is not limited to instruments and also covers probing for information.
- Related見出すみいだすNeutralA verb for finding or discovering, also for unearthing something of value; 「探知」 centers on probing to learn a situation.
- Related発見はっけんNeutralA noun for discovery, the most widely used of these words; 「探知」 specifically means learning something through probing.
- Related探し出すさがしだすNeutralA verb for searching something out, common in speech; 「探知」 is a Sino-Japanese noun that leans written and technical.
- Related探し当てるさがしあてるNeutralA verb for finally locating something after searching everywhere; 「探知」 stresses learning through probing, not the search process.
- Related見つけ出すみつけだすNeutralA colloquial verb for managing to hunt something down; 「探知」 leans written and technical.
- Related嗅ぎ出すかぎだすNeutralA verb for tracking something down from a scent or telltale signs, colloquial in flavor; 「探知」 leans written and technical.
- Related嗅ぎつけるかぎつけるNeutralA verb for getting wind of something, typically secrets or wrongdoing; 「探知」 leans written and technical.
- Related探り出すさぐりだすNeutralA verb for prying secrets or information out; 「探知」 is more written and also used for detection by instruments.
- Related探り当てるさぐりあてるNeutralA verb for finding something out by groping and probing; 「探知」 is more written and also used for detection by instruments.
- Antonym隠蔽いんぺいNeutralThe antonym: deliberately hiding or covering something up, the opposite of 「探知」's probing to uncover.
Use 「探知」 for learning a situation or target through probing, as in 「逆探知」 and 「金属探知機」. For detecting components or signals say 「検出」, for a device sensing something 「検知」, and for finding or discovering 「発見」 or 「見つける」. The antonym is 「隠蔽」.
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