I Love Kanji精密 (seimitsu)
精密 (せいみつ, seimitsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “precise; exact”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- せいみつ
- Romaji
- seimitsu
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
なぜならば、精密に検査しても何か欠点が現れないほど美しいものは存在しないからである。
This is because there is nothing so beautiful that, even on close inspection, no defects will be found.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 精密
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 精密だ | せいみつだ seimitsuda |
| Present (polite) | 精密です | せいみつです seimitsudesu |
| Negative | 精密じゃない | せいみつじゃない seimitsujanai |
| Past | 精密だった | せいみつだった seimitsudatta |
| Negative past | 精密じゃなかった | せいみつじゃなかった seimitsujanakatta |
| Te-form | 精密で | せいみつで seimitsude |
| Before a noun | 精密な | せいみつな seimitsuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 精密に | せいみつに seimitsuni |
Kanji in 精密
精
refined, ghost, fairyセイ・ショウ・しら.げる・くわ.しい · 14 strokes密
secrecy, density (pop), minutenessミツ・ひそ.か · 11 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 精密.
精神せいしんmind精々せいぜいat the most精巧せいこうelaborate精算せいさんexact calculation秘密ひみつsecret密みつdense厳密げんみつstrict過密かみつovercrowding密集みっしゅうcrowding together密接みっせつclose (relationship, connection, etc.)密度みつどdensity密かひそかsecret
Source: JMdict entry 1380190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.