Illustration: At a Japanese architectural model workshop, a maker uses fine tweezers to fit a tiny stair railing into a detailed wooden house model. Every step aligns exactly, the sliding doors sit in matching grooves, and exposed roof joints fit neatly without gaps.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

緻ち密みつ

chimitsu

precise, meticulous

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは緻密ちみつに立たてた計画けいかくを実行じっこうした。

    He carried out the plan he had made in detail.

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  2. 緻密ちみつに、折おったり、折おり目めの間まの空間くうかんに折おり目めの一端いったんを挟はさみ込こむなどして、形かたちを作つくり上あげていく。

    A model is made by folding paper carefully or tucking one end of the folded paper into a pocket.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 茶人ちゃじんたちは、茶室ちゃしつだけでなくそのアプローチの外部空間がいぶくうかんへも緻密ちみつな工夫くふうと気配きくばりを行おこなったのである。

    The masters of tea ceremony precisely devised and paid careful attention for not only the tea room, but also its approach from the outside space.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 緻密

  • 緻fine (i.e. not coarse)OnチKunこまかい
  • 密secrecy; density (pop)OnミツKunひそか

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