綿めん密みつ

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Meanings

Describes plans, investigations, preparations, or thinking that is carefully worked out in fine detail, leaving nothing to chance.

彼かれは綿めん密みつな計けい画かくを立たててから行こう動どうする。
He acts only after making a detailed plan.
警けい察さつは事じ件けんを綿めん密みつに調しらべている。
The police are investigating the case thoroughly.

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Usage patterns

〈綿めん密みつな〉計けい画かくa meticulously detailed plan
彼かれらは犯はん罪ざいを実じっ行こうするために綿めん密みつな計けい画かくを立たてた。
They drew up a meticulously detailed plan to carry out the crime.
綿めん密みつに〈動どう詞し〉to do something (investigate, check, examine) in careful detail
警けい察さつは事じ件けんの現げん場ばを綿めん密みつに調ちょう査さした。
The police investigated the crime scene in meticulous detail.
綿めん密みつな〈事こと〉a thorough, carefully worked-out (analysis, preparation, etc.)
成せい功こうの裏うらには綿めん密みつな準じゅん備びがあった。
Behind the success lay thorough, careful preparation.

Kanji

綿cotton
密secrecy, density (pop), minuteness

Related words· 11

緻ち密みつ
緻密 stresses fine, intricate structure or precision (e.g. 緻密な文章), while 綿密 stresses exhaustive, careful preparation or scrutiny (e.g. 綿密な計画).
周しゅう到とう
周到 focuses on leaving nothing unprepared (thoroughness of readiness), whereas 綿密 focuses on the fineness of detail in the analysis or plan itself.
細こまかいN4
細かい is a common, everyday word for fine or minor detail (including physical smallness), while 綿密 is a more formal word for systematic, careful thoroughness.
詳しょう細さいN2
詳細 simply means 'detailed/details' as a neutral description of information, while 綿密 adds the nuance of careful, deliberate thoroughness in planning or checking.

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克こく明めいN1
綿密 emphasizes careful planning or thorough examination, whereas 克明 is especially natural for descriptions, records, or accounts that reproduce details faithfully.
細こまやかN1
綿密 stresses thorough, careful planning or analysis, whereas 細やか highlights attentive care toward small points, often in personal or descriptive contexts.
細さい心しん
綿密 usually describes thorough plans, investigations, or preparations, while 細心 describes the carefulness of a person's attention or handling.
行いき届とどくN1
綿密 emphasizes meticulous planning or detail in a plan or investigation, while 行き届く emphasizes that care or service reaches every part without gaps.
丹たん念ねんN1
綿密 stresses thorough, detailed planning or analysis (綿密な計画), whereas 丹念 stresses patient, careful hands-on effort in making or examining something.
厳げん密みつN1
綿密 describes thoroughness and careful attention to detail (a meticulous plan), while 厳密 focuses on exactness and lack of ambiguity in rules or definitions.
入にゅう念ねんN1
綿密 stresses fine, detailed precision especially in planning or analysis, while 入念 stresses overall thorough care in doing or checking something.

Opposites

ずさんN1
杜撰 describes work done carelessly and sloppily, the opposite of 綿密, which describes work done with exhaustive care.
大おおまかN2
大まか means rough or general in outline, contrasting with 綿密's focus on painstaking fine detail.

Word family

周しゅう到とう綿めん密みつ
thorough and detailed; meticulous; scrupulously complete
綿めん密みつ周しゅう到とう
meticulous and thorough; carefully planned; scrupulous

Etymology

Composed of 綿 (cotton, fine) and 密 (dense, close), suggesting something as fine and closely woven as cotton fabric. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination conventionally conveys meticulousness.