Japanese Dictionary
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Meaning of 調べる in Japanese
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調べるJLPT 4
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Kana Readingしらべる
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Romajishiraberu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
- Example sentence
- 小学校のときから、酸性・アルカリ性という性質をリトマス紙で調べたりしてきていますね。 Since primary school we've been checking for the qualities known as acidity and alkalinity with litmus paper.
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Examples of 調べる, しらべる in a sentence
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小学校のときから、酸性・アルカリ性という性質をリトマス紙で調べたりしてきていますね。
Since primary school we've been checking for the qualities known as acidity and alkalinity with litmus paper.
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リトマス紙で溶液の液性（酸性、中性、塩基性）を調べるときは、リトマス紙をすべて溶液に浸すのではなく、紙の先端の部分だけを浸します。
When investigating the pH (acidic, neutral, alkaline) of a liquid, don't soak the litmus paper completely in the liquid but just put the end of the paper in it.
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Is there some way to check for ovulation?
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「じつは自由研究で相談したいことがあって・・・」「どれ・・・。ふーん、被子植物について調べてるのね」
Well, there's something I'd like your advice on about my research project ... "Let's see... Hmm, you're investigating flowering plants then."
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「それは何ですか」とお聞きしたら「自分で調べなさい」と言われてしまいました。
When I inquired "what is that?" I was told, "go and find out for yourself."
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The tale of the 'seven mysteries' under discussion. You were going to investigate for us?
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 調べる
- Plain Polite
- 調べます
- Negative
- 調べない
- Negative Polite
- 調べません
Past
- Plain
- 調べた
- Plain Polite
- 調べました
- Negative
- 調べなかった
- Negative Polite
- 調べませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 調べて
- Plain Polite
- 調べまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 調べられる
- Plain Polite
- 調べられます
- Negative
- 調べられない
- Negative Polite
- 調べられません
Kanji in this word
15 strokes
tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate
On'Yomi: チョウ
Kun'Yomi: しら.べる, しら.べ, ととの.う, ととの.える
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