細さい見けん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

close inspection; scrutiny

Careful, detailed examination, often visual. Used as a noun or with する for the act of inspecting closely.

• 警けい察さつが現げん場ばを細さい見けんした。

  The police made a close inspection of the scene.

• 書しょ類るいの細さい見けんが必ひつ要ようだ。

  A close inspection of the documents is necessary.

noun

detailed map; detailed guide

A map or guidebook with fine detail, such as a city map or sightseeing guide. Less common in modern Japanese; often replaced by 詳細地図 or ガイドブック.

• 江え戸どの細さい見けんを手てに入いれた。

  I obtained a detailed map of Edo.

noun

guide to the Yoshiwara red light district

Historical term for a directory of brothels and courtesans in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters during the Edo period. Often appears as 吉原細見.

See also: 吉原細見

• 吉よし原わら細さい見けんは当とう時じの遊ゆう郭かくの案あん内ない書しょだった。

  The Yoshiwara saiken was a guidebook to the pleasure quarters of that time.