調べる (しらべる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

調べる (しらべる) means to investigate / to check / to look up.

See example sentences below.

調べる at a glance

調べる

しらべるshiraberu

N4verb

to investigate / to check / to look up

調べるしらべるshiraberuN4Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to investigate / to check / to look up

Example 1

学校の図書館で本を調べた。

Translation

I looked up books in the school library.

Example 2

問題の原因を調べています。

Translation

I am investigating the cause of the problem.