査察
ささつ
noun
inspection (official); on-site audit
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 査察する | 査察しない |
| Present polite | 査察します | 査察しません |
| Past | 査察した | 査察しなかった |
| Past polite | 査察しました | 査察しませんでした |
| て form | 査察して | 査察しなくて |
| ている present | 査察している | 査察していない |
| ている polite | 査察しています | 査察していません |
| ている past | 査察していた | 査察していなかった |
| ている past polite | 査察していました | 査察していませんでした |
| Conditional ば | 査察すれば | 査察しなければ |
| Conditional たら | 査察したら | 査察しなかったら |
| Volitional | 査察しよう | — |
| Volitional polite | 査察しましょう | — |
| Potential | 査察できる | 査察できない |
| Passive | 査察される | 査察されない |
| Causative | 査察させる | 査察させない |
| Imperative | 査察しろ | 査察するな |
1.
(official) inspection; on-site inspection; audit
A formal, on-site check conducted by an authority to verify compliance with laws, regulations, treaties, or internal rules. Typical contexts include tax audits by the National Tax Agency, nuclear non-proliferation inspections by the IAEA, workplace safety inspections, and internal-audit visits by a company headquarters to a branch. The nuance is of an authority coming in to look, not merely reviewing documents from afar.
査察を受ける。
To be subjected to an inspection.
国税局の査察が入った。
The National Tax Agency conducted an inspection (of us).
IAEAは原子力施設の査察を定期的に実施している。
The IAEA regularly conducts inspections of nuclear facilities.
抜き打ちの査察で現場の安全管理の不備が次々と発覚した。
An unannounced inspection uncovered one deficiency after another in the on-site safety management.
Compound of 査 ('investigate; examine') and 察 ('observe; perceive'). Used as a verbal noun with する (査察する 'to inspect'), but the noun form with verbs like 入る, 行う, 受ける is far more common.
USAGE:
- The inspecting side: 査察を行う / 実施する ('to carry out an inspection').
- The inspected side: 査察を受ける ('to be inspected'), 査察が入る ('to have inspectors come in' — idiomatic, often about tax audits).
- Reserved for official, legally grounded inspections. For casual 'checking' use 点検 ('routine check') or 検査 ('examination'); for a quiet investigation use 調査.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 査察を受ける: to be inspected
- 査察が入る: for inspectors to arrive (often used of tax raids)
- 査察を行う: to conduct an inspection
- 査察を実施する: to carry out an inspection
- 抜き打ち査察: unannounced inspection
- 税務査察: tax audit
- 査察官: inspector (official title)
- 査察{チーム|}: inspection team
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 検査: examination; inspection — broader; includes medical tests, product quality checks, and routine inspections. 査察 specifically implies a regulatory on-site visit.
- 監査: audit — typically financial/document review; can be on-site but the focus is books and records.
- 点検: routine check; inspection — self-inspection or maintenance check.
- 調査: investigation; survey — research-oriented, not enforcement-oriented.
CULTURAL CONTEXT:
In news headlines, 査察 often evokes either 税務査察 (tax raids on suspected tax evaders, famously dramatized in the film 'A Taxing Woman' / マルサの{女|}) or IAEA nuclear inspections of North Korea and Iran.