検針

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 5
しん
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
檢針 (kyūjitai)
 検針 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

(けん)(しん) (kenshinけんしん (kensin)?

  1. reading a meter, especially a gas meter, water meter, electric meter, etc.
    (すい)(どう)ガスメーター(けん)(しん)(おこな)ています。
    Suidō ya gasu mētā no kenshin o okonatteimasu.
    We inspect water meters, gas meters, etc.

Verb

(けん)(しん)する (kenshin suruけんしん (kensin)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem (けん)(しん) (kenshin shi), past (けん)(しん)した (kenshin shita))

  1. to read a meter

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN