Vocabulary

What does 調べる (しらべる, shiraberu) mean?

調べる (しらべる, shiraberu) means to look up, to check, to investigate.

Quick facts
Readingしらべる
Romajishiraberu
Part of speechichidan verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
しらべる
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonshiraberu

to look up, to check, to investigate

  1. 1ichidan verb · transitive to examine; to look up; to investigate

Example sentences

  • I look up the meaning of a word in the dictionary.

  • I checked tomorrow's weather on the internet.

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Data sources and licences

Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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