探偵

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See also: 偵探

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Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: 6
てい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

(たん)(てい) (tantei

  1. a detective (person employed to find information)
    Synonym: ディテクティブ (ditekutibu)
    • 2007 March 15, Gosho Aoyama, “ブラック・スターの(まき)(ぜん)(ぺん) [Black Star [First Chapter]]”, in まじっく(かい)() [Magic Kaito], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 84:
      (なん)なんだお(まえ)は⁉
      Nan nan da o-mae wa⁉
      Wh-Who the hell are you⁉
      ()(どう)(しん)(いち)(たん)(てい)ですよ…
      Kudō Shin'ichi… Tantei desu yo…
      Kudō Shin’ichi… I’m a detective…
  2. a spy
    Synonyms: 隠密 (onmitsu), スパイ (supai), 密偵 (mittei)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Korean: 탐정 (tamjeong)

See also

Verb

(たん)(てい)する (tantei surusuru (stem (たん)(てい) (tantei shi), past (たん)(てい)した (tantei shita))

  1. to covertly investigate

Conjugation

References

  • 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

Noun

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

  1. hanja form? of 탐정