- したみ
- [下見] preview【C】下見, 下検分, 下調べ; preliminary survey 【C】.▲buy land sight unseen 下見もせずに土地を買う.¶→下見する下見
preview
preliminary inspection
siding (on a house)* * *したみ【下見】preview〖C〗下見, 下検分, 下調べ; preliminary survey 〖C〗.▲buy land sight unseen 下見もせずに土地を買う.
¶ → 下見する* * *したみ【下見】1 〔下検分〕 (a) preliminary inspection [examination, survey]; a look 《at…》 in advance [beforehand, first].~する inspect [examine, look over, look at] beforehand; make a preliminary inspection [examination, survey] 《of…》; have a look in advance [beforehand, first]; give sth a preliminary look [looking over]; 〔泥棒が〕 《口》 case the joint.●車いすが通れるか下見する check in advance (to see) whether there is wheelchair access
・下見しないで社員旅行に出かける go on a company tour without anyone having gone to look at the place in advance
・抜け目なく下見したうえで泥棒に入る burgle 《a house》 only after having given the place a thorough going-over [cased the joint scrupulously] (in advance).
●修学旅行の下見に行く go to have a look at 《the place》 before a school trip; go to make a preliminary inspection of 《the hotel》 in advance of a school trip.
●会場候補地の下見の結果そこはオリンピックには不向きとわかった. After a (preliminary) survey of the possible site, it was decided that it was not suitable for the Olympics. | A preliminary inspection of the site established that it was inappropriate for the Olympics.
●下見をする =~する.
2 〔家の外壁をおおう横張りの板〕 《米》 (a) clapboard; 《英》 (a) weatherboard; 〈集合的に〉 《米》 clapboarding; 《英》 weatherboarding.下見板 a siding board; 《米》 a clapboard(ing) plank; 《英》 a weatherboarding plank.下見張り wood siding; 《米》 clapboarding; 《英》 weatherboarding.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.