検分・見分|けんぶんkenbun[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinspection; examination; survey

• Synonym検査けんさNeutralThe everyday word for checking, focused on finding whether anything is wrong, as in 「健康検査」; it does not imply being present to witness the check.
• Synonym点検てんけんNeutralChecking done item by item, typically on equipment or facilities, as in 「安全点検」; no nuance of witnessing on site.
• Synonym調査ちょうさNeutralInvestigation to establish the actual facts; the widest-ranging of these words, and unlike 「検分」 it does not stress being present on site.
• Synonym査察ささつFormalFormal inspection to verify that rules are being observed, as in 「税務査察」; its aim is checking compliance, while 「検分」 centres on attending to view and confirm.
• Synonym視察しさつNeutralGoing in person to observe a site and learn the situation — officials, company staff, study tours. Unlike 検分, it is not about checking and confirming.
• Synonym精査せいさWrittenWritten register: examining something in close, thorough detail, as in 「データを精査する」; depth of scrutiny, not site attendance.
• Synonym調べしらべNeutralNoun for investigating or checking; also means a melody. 「警察の調べ」 is a police inquiry.
• Synonym調べるしらべるNeutralThe everyday verb for looking something up or investigating; the most general choice, and it carries no sense of attending a site.
• Related審査しんさNeutralScreening that judges accept/reject or rank, as in 「入国審査」; oriented toward reaching a verdict rather than viewing on site.
• Related検討けんとうNeutralWeighing the merits of something from many angles; it is about deliberation and does not require going to the site.
• Related検視けんしFormalFormal: an official examination of a body in a suspicious death, or of a scene; more broadly, witnessing and verifying facts. 「検分」 centres on viewing on site.
• Related吟味ぎんみWrittenWritten register: scrutinizing something closely, often to select on quality, as in 「素材を吟味する」; no sense of inspecting a site.
• Related検閲けんえつFormalFormal censorship: an authority examining publications or films and removing or banning content; carries a controlling nuance.
• Related考査こうさWrittenWritten register: assessing people's abilities, as in school testing; evaluation rather than on-site viewing.
• Related見極めるみきわめるNeutralA verb: watching something through to the end to make out its true nature; leans toward judgment rather than formal inspection.
• Related考察こうさつWrittenWritten register: thinking and studying a subject through to understand it; academic, as in papers, rather than on-site checking.
• Related分析ぶんせきNeutralBreaking a thing into its elements to clarify structure or properties; no site visit implied.
• Related鑑定かんていNeutralExpert appraisal of authenticity or value using specialist knowledge, e.g. of art or antiques.
• Related検案けんあんFormalA doctor's examination of a body to establish cause of death; also investigating traces and circumstances. 検分 is about viewing a site to confirm.
• Related査閲さえつFormalFormal and rare: on-site inspection with a military flavor, as in reviewing drill results.
• Related検するけんするWrittenWritten and rare: a stiff kanji-based verb for inspecting, seldom used in modern Japanese.
• Related閲するえっするWrittenWritten and rare: to inspect or review; it can also mean time passing, as in 「歳月を閲する」.

Use 「検分」 for going to a site in person to view and confirm something; it is written register, typical of on-site surveying, as in 「現場を検分する」. For ordinary checking pick 「検査」 or 「点検」; for visiting a place to observe and learn the situation, 「視察」. Broad words such as 「調査」 and 「調べる」 do not in themselves imply being on site, while 「審査」, 「検閲」 and 「鑑定」 name specific kinds of examining: screening, censorship and expert appraisal.

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1. 立ち会たちあって検査けんさの上うえ、見届みとどけること。