Japanese

調べる

しらべる
Meaning: to investigate; to look up; to check
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 調べる 調べない
Polite 調べます 調べません
Past 調べた 調べなかった
Polite + Past 調べました 調べませんでした
Te-form 調べて 調べなくて
Potential 調べられる 調べられない
Passive 調べられる 調べられない
Causative 調べさせる 調べさせない
Imperative 調べろ 調べるな

Example sentences

辞書で単語の意味を調べる。
I look up the meaning of words in the dictionary.
失敗の原因を調べています。
We are investigating the cause of the failure.
辞書を引いて、言葉の意味を調べた。
I looked up the word in the dictionary to check its meaning.
この語の意味を辞書で調べた。
I looked up the meaning of this word in a dictionary.
この地名の由来を詳しく調べてみた。
I tried to look up the origin of this place name in detail.

Usage Notes

Used when searching for information or inspecting something to clarify facts.

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