Danged Japanese: tenken 点検

I came across this probably not new but certainly forgotten word while reading an article about a gaijin stuck in a Japanese prison on stippy.com. The word, as used in this case, is interpreted as role call or head count.

点検 【てんけん】 (n,vs) inspection; examination; checking

Definition courtesy of Jim Breen's outstanding WWWJDIC, part of the JMdict/EDICT project.