"調べる" meaning in Japanese

See 調べる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ɕiɾa̠be̞ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: The seemingly unrelated senses "to investigate" and "to play an instrument" are probably a semantic loan from Middle Chinese 調 (MC dewH) via kanbun kundoku. Etymology templates: {{semantic loan|ja|ltc|-|nocap=1}} semantic loan from Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|調|id=3}} 調 (MC dewH) Head templates: {{ja-verb|しらべる|tr=trans|type=2}} 調(しら)べる • (shiraberu) transitive ichidan (stem 調(しら)べ (shirabe), past 調(しら)べた (shirabeta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|しら|2d-b}} Forms: 調べる [canonical] (ruby: 調(しら)), shiraberu [romanization], 調べ [stem] (ruby: 調(しら)), 調べた [past] (ruby: 調(しら)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 調べ [error-unrecognized-form], しらべ [error-unrecognized-form], shirabe [error-unrecognized-form], 調べる [error-unrecognized-form], しらべる [error-unrecognized-form], shiraberu [error-unrecognized-form], 調べれ [error-unrecognized-form], しらべれ [error-unrecognized-form], shirabere [error-unrecognized-form], 調べよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 調べろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], しらべよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], しらべろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], shirabeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], shirabero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 調べられる [passive], しらべられる [passive], shiraberareru [passive], 調べさせる [causative], 調べさす [causative], しらべさせる [causative], しらべさす [causative], shirabesaseru [causative], shirabesasu [causative], 調べられる [potential], 調べれる [colloquial, potential], しらべられる [potential], しらべれる [colloquial, potential], shiraberareru [potential], shirabereru [colloquial, potential], 調べよう [volitional], しらべよう [volitional], shirabeyō [volitional], 調べない [negative], 調べぬ [negative], 調べん [negative], しらべない [negative], しらべぬ [negative], しらべん [negative], shirabenai [negative], shirabenu [negative], shiraben [negative], 調べず [continuative, negative], しらべず [continuative, negative], shirabezu [continuative, negative], 調べます [formal], しらべます [formal], shirabemasu [formal], 調べた [perfective], しらべた [perfective], shirabeta [perfective], 調べて [conjunctive], しらべて [conjunctive], shirabete [conjunctive], 調べれば [conditional, hypothetical], しらべれば [conditional, hypothetical], shirabereba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 調べ [irrealis, stem], しらべ [irrealis, stem], sirabe [irrealis], 調べ [continuative, stem], しらべ [continuative, stem], sirabe [continuative], 調ぶ [stem, terminative], しらぶ [stem, terminative], sirabu [terminative], 調ぶる [attributive, stem], しらぶる [attributive, stem], siraburu [attributive], 調ぶれ [realis, stem], しらぶれ [realis, stem], sirabure [realis], 調べよ [imperative, stem], しらべよ [imperative, stem], sirabeyo [imperative], 調べず [negative], しらべず [negative], sirabezu [negative], 調ぶれど [contrastive], しらぶれど [contrastive], siraburedo [contrastive], 調ぶれば [causative], しらぶれば [causative], sirabureba [causative], 調べば [conditional], しらべば [conditional], sirabeba [conditional], 調べき [past], しらべき [past], sirabeki [past], 調べけり [past], しらべけり [past], sirabekeri [past], 調べつ [perfect], しらべつ [perfect], sirabetu [perfect], 調べぬ [perfect], しらべぬ [perfect], sirabenu [perfect], 調べたり [continuative, perfect], しらべたり [continuative, perfect], sirabetari [continuative, perfect], 調べむ [volitional], しらべむ [volitional], sirabemu [volitional]
  1. to investigate, to look up, to look into, to study, to examine, to check up on, to look over
    Sense id: en-調べる-ja-verb-JTmM9nUJ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 25 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 36 28 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 28 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 45 24 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 38 27 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 43 25 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 25 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 24 33
  2. (music) to play, to perform (an instrument)
    Sense id: en-調べる-ja-verb-abDHs073 Categories (other): Music, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 36 28 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 28 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 38 27 34 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (music) to tune
    Sense id: en-調べる-ja-verb-J8nIlc9X Categories (other): Music, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 36 28 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 28 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 38 27 34 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "semantic loan from Middle Chinese",
      "name": "semantic loan"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "調",
        "id": "3"
      },
      "expansion": "調 (MC dewH)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The seemingly unrelated senses \"to investigate\" and \"to play an instrument\" are probably a semantic loan from Middle Chinese 調 (MC dewH) via kanbun kundoku.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "調べる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "調",
          "しら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiraberu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べ",
      "roman": "shirabe",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "調",
          "しら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べた",
      "roman": "shirabeta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "調",
          "しら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiraberu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiraberareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiraberareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiraben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調ぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらぶ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調ぶる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらぶる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siraburu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調ぶれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらぶれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調ぶれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらぶれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siraburedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調ぶれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらぶれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabeki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabekeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabetu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabetari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabemu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しらべる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "調(しら)べる • (shiraberu) transitive ichidan (stem 調(しら)べ (shirabe), past 調(しら)べた (shirabeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しら",
        "2": "2d-b"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 25 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 28 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "35 28 36",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 24 31",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "38 27 34",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "43 25 32",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 25 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 24 33",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              14
            ]
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          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to investigate using the internet",
          "roman": "intānetto de shiraberu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "調",
              "しら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "インターネットで調べる",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to inquest the criminal",
          "roman": "hannin o shiraberu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "犯",
              "はん"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "調",
              "しら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "犯人を調べる",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to look up in a dictionary",
          "roman": "jisho de shiraberu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "辞",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "書",
              "しょ"
            ],
            [
              "調",
              "しら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "辞書で調べる",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to investigate, to look up, to look into, to study, to examine, to check up on, to look over"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "investigate",
          "investigate"
        ],
        [
          "look up",
          "look up"
        ],
        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "ja:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 28 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 28 36",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 27 34",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play, to perform (an instrument)"
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      "id": "en-調べる-ja-verb-abDHs073",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ],
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) to play, to perform (an instrument)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
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          "orig": "ja:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 28 35",
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          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 28 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 27 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tune"
      ],
      "id": "en-調べる-ja-verb-J8nIlc9X",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "tune",
          "tune"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) to tune"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しらべる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕiɾa̠be̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "調べる"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Japanese ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese semantic loans from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese shimo ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "name": "semantic loan"
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      "args": {
        "1": "調",
        "id": "3"
      },
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      "name": "ltc-l"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "The seemingly unrelated senses \"to investigate\" and \"to play an instrument\" are probably a semantic loan from Middle Chinese 調 (MC dewH) via kanbun kundoku.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "調べる",
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        [
          "調",
          "しら"
        ]
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        "canonical"
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    {
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          "調",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "調べた",
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        [
          "調",
          "しら"
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
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    },
    {
      "form": "調べ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "しらべ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "shirabe",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "調べる",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "しらべる",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiraberu",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "調べれ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "しらべれ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "shirabere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "調べよ",
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        "literary"
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    },
    {
      "form": "調べろ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "しらべよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべろ",
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        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiraberareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiraberareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべぬ",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべん",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiraben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べず",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべず",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "shirabezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べた",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べて",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "しらべれば",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirabereba",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べ",
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      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべ",
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べ",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべ",
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        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabe",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "調ぶ",
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        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらぶ",
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        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabu",
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        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調ぶる",
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらぶる",
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siraburu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調ぶれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらぶれ",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabure",
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      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調ぶれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらぶれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siraburedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調ぶれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらぶれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabeki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabekeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabetu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabetari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "調べむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しらべむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sirabemu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しらべる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "調(しら)べる • (shiraberu) transitive ichidan (stem 調(しら)べ (shirabe), past 調(しら)べた (shirabeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しら",
        "2": "2d-b"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to investigate using the internet",
          "roman": "intānetto de shiraberu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "調",
              "しら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "インターネットで調べる",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              18
            ]
          ],
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            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to inquest the criminal",
          "roman": "hannin o shiraberu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "犯",
              "はん"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "調",
              "しら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "犯人を調べる",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to look up in a dictionary",
          "roman": "jisho de shiraberu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "辞",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "書",
              "しょ"
            ],
            [
              "調",
              "しら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "辞書で調べる",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to investigate, to look up, to look into, to study, to examine, to check up on, to look over"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "investigate",
          "investigate"
        ],
        [
          "look up",
          "look up"
        ],
        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ja:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play, to perform (an instrument)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ],
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) to play, to perform (an instrument)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ja:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tune"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "tune",
          "tune"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) to tune"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しらべる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕiɾa̠be̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "調べる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 調べる meaning in Japanese (11.7kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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