(n) inventory (stock) adjustment
(n) market research
(P)
(n) municipal census
(n,adj-no) fundraising
(P)
(n) fact-finding
(n) factual investigation
(P)
(n) site survey
field study
(n) investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors)
examination
inquiry
enquiry
(P)
(v1,vt) to investigate
to examine
(n,adj-no) birth control
(n) frequency modulation
FM
(n) exit poll
(n) preliminary test or trial
tryout
(adj-na,n) flippant
frivolous
shallow
(P)
(n) rise
improvement
uptrend
(n) rise
improvement
uptrend
(n) color control
colour control
(n) credit check
(n) amplitude modulation
AM
(n) fact-finding
(n) (col) identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)
(n,vs) examine (investigate into) a person's history
(n) personal information form
dossier on an individual
(n) (personal) background check
(n) census
(n) interrogatory
(n) public opinion poll
(n) public opinion poll
(n) party policy research
(n) chairman of (party) policy bureau
policy chief