詳細

しょうさい · shousai · JLPT N1 · noun

detail

🔍 詳 = detailed, thorough + 細 = fine, thin: together, fine-grained detail

Shousai combines 詳 (thorough, complete) and 細 (fine, slender). Together they describe an account that covers every small particular, like a fine-tooth comb that catches each tiny point.

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