検閲|けんえつken'etsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcensorship
   「百八ひゃくはちといえば煩悩ぼんのうの数かずだ」「お兄にいちゃんはどんな煩悩ぼんのうがあるの？」「言いってもいいが、検閲けんえつ削除さくじょになるぞ」↗

   "Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions." "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinspection; examination

• Synonym査閲さえつWrittenWritten word for inspecting on site; in old use, reviewing military drill results. It lacks any sense of cutting or banning content and is rarely used.
• Related検査けんさNeutralThe everyday, neutral word for checking products, the body, luggage etc. for abnormalities; 「検閲」 goes beyond such checks to official censorship of published content.
• Related精査せいさWrittenWritten word stressing close, thorough examination of materials, accounts and the like; it carries no nuance of suppressing or banning content.
• Related監察かんさつWrittenWritten word for investigating and supervising the work and conduct of agencies and personnel; 「検閲」 targets the content of publications and communications.
• Related査察ささつWrittenWritten word for on-site inspection for compliance, as in tax or nuclear-facility checks; 「検閲」 instead targets the content of speech and works.
• Related審査しんさNeutralNeutral word for detailed deliberation to decide acceptability, quality or rank, as in qualification screening; no sense of cutting content or banning publication.
• Related点検てんけんNeutralNeutral word for checking item by item — equipment, goods, even document contents, as in safety checks; it carries no sense of official cutting or banning.
• Related監査かんさWrittenWritten word for supervisory inspection, above all accounting audits; 「検閲」 instead examines the content of publications and communications.
• Related検分けんぶんWrittenWritten word for viewing and confirming on the spot, as in site surveys or acceptance checks; it never involves censorship of speech.
• Related穿鑿せんさくWrittenWritten word for prying into every detail, often with a pejorative nuance of meddling; it has nothing to do with official censorship of content.
• Related照査しょうさWrittenWritten word for checking content against a standard or the original text — essentially collation; 「検閲」 instead judges whether content is acceptable.
• Related検するけんするWrittenOld-fashioned verb meaning to inspect or supervise; rare in modern speech and writing — say 「検査する」 instead.
• Related精察せいさつWrittenCareful observation and investigation; a strongly literary, very rare term. It has no nuance of censoring or banning content.

For ordinary checks use 「検査」 or 「点検」; for judging eligibility, quality or rank use 「審査」; for accounting audits use 「監査」. 「検閲」 also has a general sense of inspection, but mainly means the public authorities censoring speech and published content.

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

1. 調しらべ改あらためること。
2. 政府せいふなどの公権力こうけんりょくが出版物しゅっぱんぶつや映画えいがなどの内容ないようを調しらべ審査しんさし、不適切ふてきせつと判断はんだんした箇所かしょを除去じょきょしたり、作品さくひんの発表はっぴょうを禁止きんししたりすること。
3. 精神せいしん分析ぶんせきの用語ようごで、無意識むいしきの欲望よくぼうが意識いしきに浮上ふじょうすることを妨さまたげるとされる人間にんげんの精神せいしんの作用さよう。