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審問官 (しんもんかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
investigator ; inquisitor ; hearing officer ; magistrate
Refers to an official who conducts hearings, investigations, or interrogations, often in a legal, administrative, or historical context. The specific role varies by system (e.g., ecclesiastical inquisitor, administrative hearing officer).
Medieval inquisitors conducted harsh interrogations.
Kanji 官 bureaucrat, the government, organ Similar words 裁さい 判ばん 官かん 裁判官 is a judge who presides over trials and renders verdicts, while 審問官 is an official who conducts hearings or investigations, often without final judicial authority.
捜そう 査さ 官かん 捜査官 is a criminal investigator (e.g., police detective), whereas 審問官 is more associated with formal hearings, administrative inquiries, or historical inquisitions.
Etymology Compound of 審問 (shinmon, 'hearing, inquiry') + 官 (kan, 'official'). The term is used in legal and historical contexts to denote an official who conducts formal questioning or investigation.
