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    3. 探偵

    探偵

    探たん偵てい

    detective

    KMT8News #16+1Culture & TraditionsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    たんてい

    Noun

    1.
    detective, investigator, sleuth

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    2.
    detective work, secret investigation

    Stroke 0 / 22

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    彼かれは探たん偵ていになりたいと思おもっている。

    He wants to become a detective.

    KMT7Daily LifeCulture & Traditions
    その探たん偵ていは複ふく雑ざつな事じ件けんを解かい決けつした。

    That detective solved a complex case.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    彼かれの鋭するどい観かん察さつ眼がんは、まるで名めい探たん偵ていのようだ。

    His keen observational skills are just like those of a great detective.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    日に本ほんの漫まん画がやアニメには、有ゆう名めいな探たん偵ていキャラクターがたくさん登とう場じょうする。

    Many famous detective characters appear in Japanese manga and anime.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsAnime & Manga
    シャーロック・ホームズは世せ界かいで最もっとも有ゆう名めいな探たん偵てい小しょう説せつの主しゅ人じん公こうだ。

    Sherlock Holmes is the protagonist of the world's most famous detective novels.

    KMT8LiteratureCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    探
    さぐ.る・さが.す…(1)
    grope・search・look for
    偵
    spy
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