監査・鑑査|かんさkansa[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Which spelling to use
監査監査 is the most common written form of this word and the recommended default for beginners; use it unless you have a specific reason to choose another spelling.
鑑査鑑査 is a less common written form of this word; learners are more likely to encounter 監査, so use 鑑査 only when reproducing a source’s spelling.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbinspection; audit; judgement; judgment
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 監査する（かんさする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 監査します（かんさします） |
| Negative (nai) | 監査しない（かんさしない） |
| polite (masen) | 監査しません（かんさしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 監査せず・監査せぬ（かんさせず・かんさせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 監査した（かんさした） |
| polite (mashita) | 監査しました（かんさしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 監査しなかった（かんさしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 監査しませんでした（かんさしませんでした） |
| Te form | 監査して（かんさして） |
| Potential | 監査できる（かんさできる） |
| Passive | 監査される（かんさされる） |
| Causative | 監査させる（かんささせる） |
| Causative passive | 監査させられる（かんささせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 監査すれば（かんさすれば） |
| tara | 監査したら（かんさしたら） |
| Volitional | 監査しよう（かんさしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 監査しましょう（かんさしましょう） |
| Imperative | 監査しろ（かんさしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym検査けんさNeutralChecks whether anything is abnormal; very broad in use, as in 「健康検査」. 監査 is a supervisory audit of finances, administration or systems.
- Synonym審査しんさWrittenWritten/formal prose for screening that judges whether something passes or which is better. 監査 leans toward supervisory audit checks.
- Synonym監察かんさつWrittenWritten/formal prose for investigating and policing conduct, i.e. oversight. 監査 leans toward audit-style checking.
- Synonym精査せいさWrittenWritten/formal prose for close, careful examination, as in 「データを精査」. 監査 is an institutionalized audit.
- SynonymチェックCasualColloquial loanword for checking or verifying something, common in speech. 監査 is a formal audit.
- Related考査こうさWrittenWritten/formal prose for assessing people's abilities or for school tests. 監査 is an audit.
- Related検閲けんえつWrittenWritten/formal prose for official censorship of publications and other content. 監査 is a business audit.
Use 「監査」 for supervisory audits of finances, business and the like, as in 「会計監査」. For general checks use 「検査」 or 「チェック」; for pass/fail review 「審査」; for close examination 「精査」; for censorship 「検閲」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
English equivalents
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