Illustration: In a Japanese watch repair shop, a watchmaker wearing an eye loupe lowers a tiny replacement gear into an open mechanical watch with fine tweezers. The exposed mechanism contains closely fitted wheels, delicate springs, and minute screws arranged in clearly corresponding positions.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

精せい密みつ

seimitsu

precise, detailed

Example sentences

  1. なぜならば、精密せいみつに検査けんさしても何なにか欠点けってんが現あらわれないほど美うつくしいものは存在そんざいしないからである。

    This is because there is nothing so beautiful that, even on close inspection, no defects will be found.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ご主人しゅじんには精密せいみつ検査けんさをお勧すすめします。

    I recommend a thorough checkup for your husband.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そのため、より精密せいみつで計画的けいかくてきな観測かんそくが必要ひつようとなる。

    Therefore, it is necessary to conduct more precise and more systematic measurement.

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

Kanji in 精密

  • 精refined; ghostOnセイ・ショウKunしらげる・くわしい
  • 密secrecy; density (pop)OnミツKunひそか

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