The culprit carried out the crime after devising a meticulous plan.
This cloth has a close weave and is very durable.
彼の緻密な細工にはいつも感心する。
I'm always impressed by his delicate craftsmanship.
precise; meticulous; careful; elaborate
Used for abstract things like plans, analysis, observation, or thinking that are carried out with great attention to detail and accuracy.
警察は緻密な捜査で犯人を特定した。
The police identified the culprit through meticulous investigation.
彼は緻密な計画を立ててから行動する。
He acts only after making an elaborate plan.
She identified the problem through a detailed analysis of the data.
This wood has a fine, dense grain and is extremely sturdy.
The engineer calculated the structural strength with meticulous precision.
綿密 is used almost exclusively for meticulous planning or investigation, while 緻密 can also describe physical fineness like texture or grain.
精密 stresses mechanical or numerical exactness (as in instruments or measurements), whereas 緻密 focuses on intricate fineness or careful thoroughness.
きめ細かい highlights attentive, fine-grained care (as in service or texture), while 緻密 is a broader term for intricacy and precision.
緻密 describes something meticulously detailed or dense in structure, whereas 精巧 emphasizes skillful, artistic intricacy.
Standard kanji spelling; the character 緻 is not in the Jōyō kanji list but is commonly used in this word.
From the kanji 緻 (fine, detailed) and 密 (dense, close). The word is a Sino-Japanese compound (kango) combining these two characters to express the idea of extreme fineness and precision.