視察|しさつshisatsu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinspection; observation
    He is leaving for China on an inspection tour next month.
Conjugation
Dictionary form視察する(しさつする)
Polite (masu)視察します(しさつします)
Negative (nai)視察しない(しさつしない)
polite (masen)視察しません(しさつしません)
classical zu / nu視察せず・視察せぬ(しさつせず・しさつせぬ)
Past (ta)視察した(しさつした)
polite (mashita)視察しました(しさつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)視察しなかった(しさつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)視察しませんでした(しさつしませんでした)
Te form視察して(しさつして)
Potential視察できる(しさつできる)
Passive視察される(しさつされる)
Causative視察させる(しさつさせる)
Causative passive視察させられる(しさつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)視察すれば(しさつすれば)
tara視察したら(しさつしたら)
Volitional視察しよう(しさつしよう)
polite (mashou)視察しましょう(しさつしましょう)
Imperative視察しろ(しさつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym査察ささつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Official inspection for compliance, as in 「核査察」; it checks for violations, while 「視察」 means seeing conditions on site firsthand.
  • Synonym巡視じゅんしWrittenWritten/formal prose. An inspection tour for vigilance or supervision, as in 「巡視船」; it leans toward patrolling an area rather than visiting to learn conditions.
  • Synonym検分けんぶんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Examining something while present on the spot; it leans toward a site survey or on-the-spot check rather than an official visit to observe.

Use 「視察」 when officials visit a place to see the situation firsthand, as in 「被災地を視察する」 or 「海外視察」. For compliance checks say 「査察」, for patrols 「巡視」, and for on-the-spot examination 「検分」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 多おおくは知見ちけんや情報じょうほうを得えることを目的もくてきとする公的こうてきな用務ようむのために、実際じっさいにその場ばへ行いき現実げんじつの状況じょうきょうを見みること。
  2. 収監しゅうかん者しゃなどを対象たいしょうとする動静どうせいの観察かんさつ。
Kanji in this word
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