調べる

調べる

しらべる

To check, to look up, to investigate

N4verb·shiraberu

How to remember it

調 (investigate, as in 調査) — digging into facts and details.

Example sentences

  • 単語の意味を辞書で調べました。

    たんごのいみをじしょでしらべました。

    I looked up the word's meaning in the dictionary.

  • 警察は事故の原因を調べています。

    けいさつはじこのげんいんをしらべています。

    The police are investigating the cause of the accident.

Usage

Transitive; use で for the tool/means, を for the object checked.

Related words

調査検索質問確認

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