First opened Friday, March 8, 2024
審査
しんさ
- head-high (atamadaka): falls after mora 1
How to read it: a line over a kana means the voice is high there, and ↓ marks where it drops. A kana with no line is low. With no ↓ the pitch stays high to the end and does not drop even on a following particle (が, は).
judging, inspection, examination
Taken apart
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In a sentence
そして、入国審査官の審査を受けて上陸許可を受けなければなりません。
They must then go through a landing examination conducted by inspection officers before they can obtain landing permission.
「じゃあ、チェックしちゃいますね」「審査宜しく。頑張ったつもりだぜ」
"Right, I'll check your work, OK?" "Please go ahead and inspect. I think I gave it a good go."
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What Wiktionary says
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What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.