The Japanese dictionary for learners.

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Examples:

調べる しらべる N4

  1. to check up; to examine; to inquire; to investigate; to look up; to search; to sense; to study

取り調べる とりしらべる N1

  1. to examine; to investigate

事実を調べる じじつをしらべる

  1. to investigate the facts
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