細さい謹きん

noun

slight flaw; minor defect

Rare literary noun for a small imperfection or blemish. Not part of everyday vocabulary; modern Japanese would more often use 小さな欠点 or わずかな傷.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんに「細さい謹きん」という語ごが見みられるが、現げん代だいではほとんど使つかわれない。

  The word 細謹 appears in old texts, but it is hardly used today.