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Learn Hardcore Japanese: siraberu - to look up

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 15
/shiraberu

shiraberu

Word

調しらべるshiraberu

Meaning

to look up

Part of speech

group 2, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of shiraberu

難むずかしい　文章ぶんしょう　を　翻訳ほにゃくするとき、　辞書じしょ　を　調しらべます。muzukashii bunshou o honyakusurutoki, jisho o shirabemasu.

When translating difficult sentences, I look things up in a dictionary.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

私わたし　は　辞書じしょ　で　単語たんご　の　意味いみ　を　調しらべます。watashi wa jisho de tango no imi o shirabemasu.

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

ネット　で　原因げにん　を　調しらべた　が、　直接ちょくせつ　聞きいた　ほう　が　早はやかった。netto de genin o shirabeta ga, chokusetsu kiita hou ga hayakatta.

I looked up the cause on the internet, but asking directly was faster.

私わたし　は　ノートパソコン　より　スマホ　の　辞書じしょアプリ　で　単語たんご　を　調しらべること　が　多おおい。watashi wa nootopasokon yori sumaho no jishoapuri de tango o shiraberukoto ga ooi.

I more often look up words with a dictionary app on my phone than on my laptop.

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