精密|せいみつseimitsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjective, nounprecise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
   なぜならば、精密せいみつに検査けんさしても何なんか欠点けってんが現あらわれないほど美うつくしいものは存在そんざいしないからである。↗

   This is because there is nothing so beautiful that, even on close inspection, no defects will be found.

• Synonym正確せいかくNeutralRefers to being correct and free of errors, with a very wide range of use; 「精密」 goes further, stressing accuracy in every detail with no deviation.
• Synonym的確てきかくNeutralDescribes judgments that hit the mark; 「精密」 instead stresses accuracy in details such as measurement and calculation.
• Synonym精細せいさいNeutralRefers to fine, rich detail — used of images and descriptions, as in 「高精細」; 「精密」 puts more weight on the details being accurate and error-free.
• Synonym厳密げんみつNeutralDescribes rigorous interpretation, scrutiny and the like with no gaps or omissions, as in 「厳密に言えば」; 「精密」 focuses on accuracy in the details.
• Synonym緻密ちみつNeutralDescribes careful, thorough planning and thinking; 「精密」 stresses accuracy with no deviation in measurement, structure and the like.
• Synonym精緻せいちWrittenA written word for fine, meticulous detail — used of craftsmanship, theories or analysis; 「精密」 puts more emphasis on accuracy with no deviation.
• Synonym細密さいみつWrittenA written word meaning extremely detailed and thorough — used of depictions, analysis, structures, surveys and the like; 「精密」 stresses accuracy with no deviation.
• Synonym細かいこまかいNeutralMeans small or trivial, and can also describe doing things carefully; 「精密」 goes further, requiring the details to be accurate with no deviation.
• Synonym精確せいかくWrittenA written word meaning detailed and accurate; close in sense to 「精密」, but 「精密」 is more common and focuses on accuracy with no deviation in the details.
• Synonym詳密しょうみつWrittenA written word meaning exhaustive and fine-grained; close to 「精密」 but with more emphasis on attending to every detail. In everyday speech say 「詳しい」.
• Related正しいただしいNeutralMeans conforming to facts, reason or norms — a very broad word; 「精密」 is instead about the details being fine and accurate.
• Related詳しいくわしいNeutralMeans detailed in content, and also knowing a field well; 「精密」 focuses on detail-level accuracy and does not imply being knowledgeable.
• RelatedつまびらかWrittenA written word meaning detailed and clear, as in 「詳らかにする」; 「精密」 focuses on accuracy in the details.
• Antonym粗雑そざつWrittenA written word for work or craftsmanship that is rough and careless; it is the opposite of 「精密」 at the level of whether details are thorough and accurate.
• Antonym大雑把おおざっぱNeutralMeans rough or approximate, and sometimes sloppy; opposed to the fine accuracy of 「精密」, though a rough summary is not necessarily wrong.
• Antonym粗略そりゃくWrittenA written word for neglectful, perfunctory treatment of people or things, as in 「人を粗略に扱う」; it opposes 「精密」 in attentiveness, not in the sense of a broad, rough outline.

Use 「精密」 for accuracy in every detail with no deviation, as in 「精密機械」 or 「精密検査」. For general correctness choose 「正確」; for strict adherence to definitions, 「厳密」; for careful, thorough planning or thinking, 「緻密」.

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1. 細部さいぶに至いたるまで不備ふびや狂くるいがないこと。またその様子ようす。