考察|こうさつkousatsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbconsideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
   「割り当わりあて」という概念がいねんを考察こうさつすることから始はじめよう。↗

   We will begin by considering the concept of "quota".

• Synonym検討けんとうWrittenWritten style. Studying something from many angles to judge its good and bad points — 「原因を検討する」. 考察 leans toward academic analysis.
• Synonym思索しさくWrittenWritten style. Orderly, deeply philosophical thinking. 考察 targets the analysis of a concrete subject.
• Synonym論考ろんこうWrittenWritten style. Examining through argument, and also the academic writing that does so. More tied to finished prose than 考察.
• Synonym吟味ぎんみWrittenWritten style. Close scrutiny or strict selection — 「素材を吟味」. 考察 is analytical discussion.
• Synonym考えるかんがえるNeutralA neutral verb and the broadest word for thinking. 考察 is a written-style noun for research and analysis.
• Synonym考究こうきゅうWrittenWritten style. Deep scholarly investigation and textual research. 考察 is the more common choice in papers.
• Synonym討究とうきゅうWrittenWritten style. Deep research and inquiry. 考察 is the more common term in reports and papers.
• Related考慮こうりょWrittenWritten style. Taking circumstances into account — 「事情を考慮する」. 考察 is deep study to clarify how things work.
• Related思案しあんCasualColloquial. Mulling something over without being able to decide — 「思案に暮れる」. 考察 is rational analysis.
• Related思慮しりょWrittenWritten style. Prudent, careful thought, as in 「思慮深い」. 考察 is research and analysis.
• Related熟慮じゅくりょWrittenWritten style. Deliberating carefully before acting — 「熟慮の末」. 考察 is analytical study.
• Related熟考じゅっこうWrittenWritten style. Thinking something over carefully and repeatedly — 「熟考を重ねる」. 考察 leans toward paper-style analysis.
• Related省察せいさつWrittenWritten style. Reflecting on one's own rights and wrongs — 「自己省察」. 考察 aims to clarify the matter itself.
• Related沈思ちんしWrittenWritten style. Being sunk in deep thought. 考察 is systematic analysis and study.
• Related黙考もっこうWrittenWritten style. Thinking in silence, often in the set phrase 「沈思黙考」. 考察 is analytical discussion.
• Related黙想もくそうWrittenWritten style. Silent meditation. 考察 is rational analysis and study.
• Related観照かんしょうWrittenWritten style. In philosophy, objectively contemplating an essence or intuitively grasping beauty. 考察 is analytical study.
• Related思い見るおもいみるWrittenAn archaic, rare verb for pondering something carefully to understand it; nowadays say 「よく考える」. 考察 is academic analysis.
• Related思料しりょうWrittenWritten style, mostly in legal and official documents: to judge or deem. 考察 is research and analysis.
• Related熟思じゅくしWrittenWritten style. Thinking deeply before making a judgment. 考察 leans toward analysis and study.
• Related考え抜くかんがえぬくNeutralA neutral verb for thinking a problem through to the very end. 考察 is a noun leaning toward academic analysis.
• Related思い巡らすおもいめぐらすNeutralA neutral verb for letting one's thoughts range this way and that. 考察 is orderly, systematic analysis.

Use 「考察」 for the analysis and study of a subject in papers and reports, as in 「考察を加える」. For taking circumstances into account choose 「考慮」; for weighing something's merits from several angles, 「検討」; for deep deliberation, 「熟考」 or 「熟慮」; for everyday thinking, the verb 「考える」. Among the rest, 「思索」「沈思」「黙考」「黙想」 are contemplation, 「省察」 self-reflection and 「吟味」 close scrutiny, while 「論考」 is the closest in academic use but leans toward the finished written study.

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1. 物事ものごとを明あきらかにするためによく考かんがえたり調しらべたりすること。