JLPT N1 · な-adjective

詳細 (shousai)

詳細 (しょうさい, shousai) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “details; particulars”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しょうさい
Romaji
shousai
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. details; particulars; specifics · noun
  2. detailed; specific; minute · な-adjective
  3. close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view · noun

Example sentences

私たちはその件を詳細に検討した。
We debated the matter at length.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 詳細

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)詳細だしょうさいだ shousaida
Present (polite)詳細ですしょうさいです shousaidesu
Negative詳細じゃないしょうさいじゃない shousaijanai
Past詳細だったしょうさいだった shousaidatta
Negative past詳細じゃなかったしょうさいじゃなかった shousaijanakatta
Te-form詳細でしょうさいで shousaide
Before a noun詳細なしょうさいな shousaina
Adverb (~ni)詳細にしょうさいに shousaini

Kanji in 詳細

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 詳細.

Source: JMdict entry 1351760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.