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監視

かんし

nountransitive 他動詞

Meanings

1observation
2guarding
3surveillance
4monitoring
5watching

Example sentence

市民プールの監視の仕事に応募しました。

I applied for a job as a lifeguard at the community pool.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

監Oversee, Official, Govt Office15 strokes 視Inspection, Regard As, See11 strokes

More words with 監

監禁かんきん · confinement 監獄かんごく · prison 監査役かんさやく · auditor 監察かんさつ · inspection 監修かんしゅう · (editorial) supervision 監理かんり · superintendence

Full entry on Jisho

監査

かんさ · inspection

総監そうかん · inspector general

More words with 視

視野しや · field of visionN1 重視じゅうし · importanceN3 近視きんし · nearsightednessN3 視覚しかく · sense of sightN3 巨視的きょしてき · macroscopic 軽視けいし · making light of 警視けいし · police superintendent 視察しさつ · inspectionN1

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