検討|けんとうkentou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbconsideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion; analysis; review
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 検討する（けんとうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 検討します（けんとうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 検討しない（けんとうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 検討しません（けんとうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 検討せず・検討せぬ（けんとうせず・けんとうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 検討した（けんとうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 検討しました（けんとうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 検討しなかった（けんとうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 検討しませんでした（けんとうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 検討して（けんとうして） |
| Potential | 検討できる（けんとうできる） |
| Passive | 検討される（けんとうされる） |
| Causative | 検討させる（けんとうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 検討させられる（けんとうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 検討すれば（けんとうすれば） |
| tara | 検討したら（けんとうしたら） |
| Volitional | 検討しよう（けんとうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 検討しましょう（けんとうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 検討しろ（けんとうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym考慮こうりょWrittenWritten register; means taking certain factors into account (「天候を考慮する」), while 「検討」 studies a plan's merits from many angles.
- Synonym考察こうさつWrittenAcademic word for thinking through something to clarify its principles, common in papers and research (「考察を加える」).
- Synonym吟味ぎんみWrittenMeans scrutinizing quality closely, as in evaluating content (「内容を吟味する」), with an eye to fine selection.
- Synonym思案しあんWrittenPondering back and forth over a decision (「思案に暮れる」), with a troubled nuance; 「検討」 is more rational and formal.
- Related調査ちょうさNeutralNeutral; gathering facts to establish how things actually are (「実態調査」), while 「検討」 weighs that information toward a decision.
- Related検査けんさNeutralNeutral; checking for abnormalities by a set procedure (「品質検査」), whereas 「検討」 is thinking and judging.
- Related審査しんさFormalFormal; screening to judge whether something qualifies (「入学審査」), with the reviewing side deciding; 「検討」 need not end in a verdict.
- Related点検てんけんNeutralNeutral; item-by-item checking of equipment, plans or procedures (「安全点検」), while 「検討」 is about weighing options.
- Related研究けんきゅうWrittenWritten; long-term, systematic scholarly study (「研究室」); 「検討」 is deliberation on a specific question.
- Related分析ぶんせきWrittenWritten; breaking a thing down to clarify its components (「原因分析」), while 「検討」 focuses on judging what to adopt.
- Related解析かいせきWrittenTechnical term for fine-grained analysis of data and structures; 「検討」 is used for plans and problems.
- Related調べるしらべるCasualEveryday verb for looking things up (「値段を調べる」), aimed at getting information; 「検討する」 is about deliberating.
- RelatedチェックCasualColloquial loanword for checking or looking over (「誤字をチェックする」); 「検討」 means weighing what to choose.
- Related取り調べとりしらべFormalFormal; interrogation, chiefly by police or prosecutors questioning suspects.
- Related考査こうさWrittenSchool tests or assessment of people's abilities, mostly in school settings; quite different from 「検討」.
- Related査問さもんFormalFormal; an organization questioning a member over a problem (「査問委員会」), carrying a tone of assigning blame.
- Related調べしらべNeutralNoun for an investigation (「調べがつく」); also means a tune or melody.
- Related検察けんさつFormalLegal term; the prosecution service investigating crimes and bringing indictments.
- Related査察ささつFormalAuthorities inspecting compliance with rules (「税務査察」), official and coercive in tone.
- Related究明きゅうめいWrittenThoroughly tracking a matter down until it is clear (「原因究明」「真相究明」), focused on establishing the truth.
- Related考証こうしょうWrittenVerifying with cited evidence, mainly for historical sources (「時代考証」); also checking against scientific knowledge (「科学考証」).
- Related思慮しりょWrittenDeep, careful thought describing a person's prudence (「思慮深い」); 「検討」 is concrete study of an issue.
- Related思考しこうWrittenThinking itself as a mental activity (「思考力」); 「検討」 is study directed at a specific issue.
- Related検分けんぶんWrittenWritten word for officials or police inspecting on the spot; unlike 「検討」, no weighing of options.
- Related検するけんするWrittenRare written word meaning to inspect or supervise; in daily speech say 「検査する」.
- Related査閲さえつFormalRare formal word for on-site inspection or review, as of military training.
- Related考究こうきゅうWrittenRare written word for deep investigation; say 「研究」 or 「検討」 in everyday use.
Use 「検討」 for studying a plan or proposal from various angles and weighing its merits. Use 「考慮」 to take factors into account, 「考察」 for academic reflection, 「調査」 to gather facts, 「検査」 to check for abnormalities, 「審査」 for official screening, and 「研究」 for long-term scholarly work. For quick everyday checking, 「調べる」 or 「チェック」 fits; 「吟味」 stresses careful evaluation of quality. Legal and official contexts have their own words (「取り調べ」「検察」「査察」).
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