I Love Kanji吟味 (ginmi)
吟味 (ぎんみ, ginmi) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “close examination; careful investigation”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ぎんみ
- Romaji
- ginmi
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- close examination; careful investigation; close inspection; careful selection; inquiry · noun, suru verb, transitive
- investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt · noun, suru verb, transitive · dated
- winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game) · noun · abbreviation
- reciting and appreciating traditional poetry · noun, suru verb, transitive · archaic · orig. meaning
Example sentences
社の弁護士に暫定合意の内容を吟味してもらおう。
We'll have our firm's attorneys look through the provisional agreement.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 吟味
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 吟味する | ぎんみする ginmisuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 吟味します | ぎんみします ginmishimasu |
| Negative | 吟味しない | ぎんみしない ginmishinai |
| Polite negative | 吟味しません | ぎんみしません ginmishimasen |
| Past | 吟味した | ぎんみした ginmishita |
| Polite past | 吟味しました | ぎんみしました ginmishimashita |
| Negative past | 吟味しなかった | ぎんみしなかった ginmishinakatta |
| Te-form | 吟味して | ぎんみして ginmishite |
| Potential | 吟味できる | ぎんみできる ginmidekiru |
| Passive | 吟味される | ぎんみされる ginmisareru |
| Causative | 吟味させる | ぎんみさせる ginmisaseru |
| Volitional | 吟味しよう | ぎんみしよう ginmishiyou |
| Imperative | 吟味しろ | ぎんみしろ ginmishiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 吟味すれば | ぎんみすれば ginmisureba |
Kanji in 吟味
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 吟味.
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Source: JMdict entry 1243390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.