見識|けんしきkenshiki[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounviews; opinion; discernment
   我々われわれは時代じだいに一いち歩ほ先さきんじた見識けんしきを持もたねばならない。↗

   We must be a step ahead of the times in our outlook.
2. nounpride; self-respect

• Synonym知見ちけんWrittenWritten register: knowledge and insight gained through research or experience, academic in flavor, as in 「最新の知見」; 見識 stresses judgment and cultivation.
• Synonym識見しきけんWrittenMeans the same as 見識 with the two characters reversed, but it is rare even in written prose; modern usage prefers 見識.
• Synonym見解けんかいNeutralA view on a particular issue, stressing the content of the position taken, as in 「公式見解」; unlike 見識 it never rates how perceptive someone is.
• Synonym所見しょけんWrittenWritten register: what observation reveals — in medicine, findings from an examination, as in 「医師の所見」; it can also mean a general view.
• Synonym眼力がんりきNeutralAn eye for sizing things up — how accurately you judge people and objects; 見識 is the broader judgment backed by learning.
• SynonymオピニオンCasualColloquial loanword for opinion or public opinion, used mostly in media contexts such as 「オピニオンリーダー」.
• Synonym意見いけんNeutralThe most common everyday word for opinion or view; it never assesses how much 見識 a person has.
• Synonym洞察どうさつWrittenWritten register: insight as the act of seeing through to the essence; akin to 眼力, while 見識 spans judgment and learning.
• Synonym眼識がんしきWrittenAn eye for telling the genuine from the false; rare even in written prose.
• Synonym洞察力どうさつりょくNeutralThe ability to see through to the essence of things, stressing keen, deep perception rather than 見識's cultivated judgment.
• Related判断はんだんNeutralJudgment in the broad sense — the act of weighing things and reaching a conclusion; widely used, but it never rates a person's cultivation.
• Related理解りかいNeutralUnderstanding — grasping what something means; it is about comprehension, not about having 見識's farsighted discernment.
• Related判定はんていWrittenWritten and formal: deciding an outcome, as in rulings and official decisions; it is about adjudication, not about one's discernment.
• Related読みよみCasualColloquial: interpretation and prediction, as in 「読みが深い」; used mostly for game positions and for reading how a situation will unfold.
• Related把握はあくNeutralGrasping a situation — getting the whole picture; it involves no evaluation of a person's cultivation or discernment.
• Antonym無知むちWrittenAntonym: ignorance — the lack of knowledge or wisdom, opposed to 見識's learned, discerning outlook.
• Antonym浅はかさNeutralAntonym: shallowness and short-sighted thinking, contrasted with 見識's deep, far-reaching judgment.

Use 「見識」 for the discernment and cultivated judgment behind 「見識が高い」 and 「見識のある人」. For knowledge gained through research say 「知見」; for a concrete view on an issue, 「見解」 or 「意見」; for seeing through to the essence, 「洞察力」. 「読み」 covers anticipating a situation, 「判定」 a formal ruling, and the opposite of 「見識」 is 「無知」.

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1. 本質ほんしつを見通みとおした判断力はんだんりょく。しっかりした考かんがえや見方みかた。
2. 気位きぐらい。