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Japanese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
探偵 • (tantei)
- a detective (person employed to find information)
- Synonym: ディテクティブ (ditekutibu)
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- 何なんだお前は⁉
- Nan na n da o-mae wa⁉
- Wh-Who the hell are you⁉
工藤新一…探偵ですよ…- Kudō Shin'ichi… Tantei desu yo…
- Kudō Shin’ichi… I’m a detective…
- a spy
- Synonyms: 隠密 (onmitsu), スパイ (supai), 密偵 (mittei)
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Verb
探偵する • (tantei suru) suru (stem 探偵し (tantei shi), past 探偵した (tantei shita))
- to covertly investigate
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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探偵し
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たんていし
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tantei shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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探偵し
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たんていし
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tantei shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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探偵する
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たんていする
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tantei suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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探偵する
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たんていする
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tantei suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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探偵すれ
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たんていすれ
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tantei sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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探偵せよ¹ 探偵しろ²
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たんていせよ¹ たんていしろ²
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tantei seyo¹ tantei shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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探偵される
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たんていされる
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tantei sareru
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Causative
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探偵させる 探偵さす
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たんていさせる たんていさす
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tantei saseru tantei sasu
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Potential
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探偵できる
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たんていできる
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tantei dekiru
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Volitional
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探偵しよう
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たんていしよう
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tantei shiyō
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Negative
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探偵しない
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たんていしない
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tantei shinai
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Negative continuative
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探偵せず
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たんていせず
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tantei sezu
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Formal
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探偵します
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たんていします
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tantei shimasu
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Perfective
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探偵した
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たんていした
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tantei shita
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Conjunctive
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探偵して
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たんていして
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tantei shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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探偵すれば
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たんていすれば
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tantei sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
探偵 • (tamjeong or McCune-Reischauer: t'amjŏng or Yale: thamceng) (hangeul 탐정)
- hanja form? of 탐정