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Kana: けんえつ

Romaji: ken'etsu

Definitions

noun

adj-no

1

censorship; inspection; examination

vs

2

to censor; to inspect (in order to censor); to review (in order to censor)

Kanji

検

Readings: ケン、 しら.べる

Meanings: examination, investigate

閲

Readings: エツ、 けみ.する

Meanings: review, inspection, revision

Example Sentence

「百(ひゃく)八(はち)といえば煩悩(ぼんのう)の数(かず)だ」「お兄(にい)ちゃんはどんな煩悩(ぼんのう)があるの？」「言(い)ってもいいが、検閲(けんえつ)削除(さくじょ)になるぞ」

➥"Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions." "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."