Illustration: Outside a neighborhood bicycle shop, a rider crouches beside a shallow basin and slowly turns a removed bicycle inner tube through the water. A small stream of bubbles rises from one spot, and the rider leans closer to inspect it while a shop worker watches nearby.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

調しらべる

shiraberu

to check, to look up

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはその事件じけんを調しらべた。

    I looked into the incident.

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  2. 辞書じしょで調しらべます。

    I will look it up in the dictionary.

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  3. 報告書ほうこくしょをよく調しらべた。

    I went over the report.

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Kanji in 調

  • 調tune; toneOnチョウKunしらべる・しらべ・ととのう

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