JLPT N4 · Verb

調べる (shiraberu)

調べる (しらべる, shiraberu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to examine; to look up”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しらべる
Romaji
shiraberu
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

ココの知能指数を調べるのは容易ではない。
Testing Koko's IQ is not easy.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 調べる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary調べるしらべる shiraberu
Polite (~masu)調べますしらべます shirabemasu
Negative調べないしらべない shirabenai
Polite negative調べませんしらべません shirabemasen
Past調べたしらべた shirabeta
Polite past調べましたしらべました shirabemashita
Negative past調べなかったしらべなかった shirabenakatta
Te-form調べてしらべて shirabete
Potential調べられるしらべられる shiraberareru
Passive調べられるしらべられる shiraberareru
Causative調べさせるしらべさせる shirabesaseru
Volitional調べようしらべよう shirabeyou
Imperative調べろしらべろ shirabero
Conditional (~ba)調べればしらべれば shirabereba

Kanji in 調べる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 調べる.

Source: JMdict entry 1429060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.