考証|こうしょうkoushou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinvestigation into historical evidence; study of historical artifacts
Conjugation
Dictionary form考証する(こうしょうする)
Polite (masu)考証します(こうしょうします)
Negative (nai)考証しない(こうしょうしない)
polite (masen)考証しません(こうしょうしません)
classical zu / nu考証せず・考証せぬ(こうしょうせず・こうしょうせぬ)
Past (ta)考証した(こうしょうした)
polite (mashita)考証しました(こうしょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)考証しなかった(こうしょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)考証しませんでした(こうしょうしませんでした)
Te form考証して(こうしょうして)
Potential考証できる(こうしょうできる)
Passive考証される(こうしょうされる)
Causative考証させる(こうしょうさせる)
Causative passive考証させられる(こうしょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)考証すれば(こうしょうすれば)
tara考証したら(こうしょうしたら)
Volitional考証しよう(こうしょうしよう)
polite (mashou)考証しましょう(こうしょうしましょう)
Imperative考証しろ(こうしょうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym究明きゅうめいWrittenWritten/formal prose for thoroughly getting to the bottom of something, as in 「原因究明」; 考証 is specifically historical research.
  • Related調査ちょうさNeutralThe most general and widely used word for investigating something; 考証 is limited to verifying historical facts from documents and relics.
  • Related検討けんとうNeutralExamining something from various angles to judge its merits, as in 「検討中」; 考証 is about verifying historical facts.
  • Related考査こうさWrittenWritten/formal prose for evaluating and assessing people or abilities, also school tests; unlike 考証 it does not verify historical facts.
  • Related吟味ぎんみWrittenWritten/formal prose for close scrutiny and careful selection, as in 「材料を吟味」; 考証 is specifically historical textual research.
  • Related調べしらべNeutralA neutral word for investigating or checking something; it also means a tune or melody. Common in both speech and writing, while 考証 is more specialized.
  • Related探索たんさくWrittenWritten/formal prose for searching and exploring the unknown, as in 「宇宙探索」; 考証 instead verifies facts about the past.
  • Related追究ついきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose for probing deeply into scholarship or truth; 考証 focuses on citing historical sources as evidence.

For a general investigation, use 「調査」. Use 「考証」 when you verify historical facts from documents and relics, as in 「時代考証」 or 「歴史考証」. To thoroughly uncover a truth or cause, 「究明」 is the word.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 昔むかしのことを調査ちょうさのうえ考察こうさつし、証拠しょうこをあげて説明せつめいすること。
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