細心(さいしん)

細(さい) (fine, detailed) + 心(しん) (mind).

Common collocations

• 細心(さいしん)の注意(ちゅうい)を払(はら)う: to pay the utmost attention
• 細心(さいしん)の注意(ちゅうい)が必要(ひつよう)だ: requires the utmost care
• 細心(さいしん)かつ大胆(だいたん): meticulous yet bold

Watch out

• Homophones: 最新(さいしん) (latest), 再審(さいしん) (retrial), 再診(さいしん) (follow-up visit to a doctor).

Similar words

• 慎重(しんちょう): cautious about risk (a person, a decision); 細心(さいしん) is close attention to fine detail and lives almost entirely in 細心(さいしん)の注意(ちゅうい).