検使

けんし

Meanings

1. Noun investigator (esp. of an accident or a crime scene); fact-finding envoy
2. investigating a crime scene or unnatural death (Edo period); investigation
3. investigator of a crime scene or unnatural death (Edo period)
4. attending as an official witness to a seppuku (Edo period) See also: 切腹 (せっぷく).
5. official witness to a seppuku (Edo period) See also: 切腹 (せっぷく).

Kanji

• 検 inspect. Read as ケン.
• 使 use. Read as シ.

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