探偵

See also: 偵探

Japanese
Kanji in this term
探 偵
たん
Grade: 6		 てい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

探偵 (hiragana たんてい, rōmaji tantei)

  1. a detective (person employed to find information)
    • 1996 February 20 [Feb 15 1988], Adachi, Mitsuru, “なにがなんだか 前編 [What’s What: First Chapter]”, in SHORT PROGRAMショート・プログラム [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 1 (fiction), 25th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 260:
      あ、失 (しつ)礼 (れい)！きみがまだ残 (のこ)ってましたね———っ。
      A, shitsurei! Kimi ga mada nokotte mashita ne———'.
      Oh, excuse me! I forgo———t about you.
      私 (し)立 (りつ)探 (たん)偵 (てい)です
      Shiritsu tantei desu
      I’m a private detective.

Descendants

See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
探偵

Noun

探偵 • (tamjeong, McCune-Reischauer: t'amjŏng, Yale: thamceng) (hangeul 탐정)

  1. Hanja form? of 탐정.
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