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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

観察

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kansatsu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Observation/ˌɒb.zəˈveɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"観察は科学研究において重要です。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of observing something or someone carefully in order to gain information.

    "The scientist made careful observations during the experiment."
  2. 2

    A remark or comment based on something one has seen or experienced.

    "Her observation about the weather was quite insightful."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'observatio', stemming from 'observare' meaning 'to watch, heed, or guard' (ob- 'towards' + servare 'to save, keep'). Entering Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, it initially denoted religious compliance or rule-keeping, later shifting during the Scientific Revolution to mean the systematic noting and recording of phenomena.

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