考証|こうしょうkoushou[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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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