ディテクティブ

noun

detective

A straightforward loanword from English, used in Japanese to refer to a detective, often in the context of fiction, police work, or private investigation.

• 彼かれは小しょう説せつの中なかでディテクティブとして活かつ躍やくする。

  He plays an active role as a detective in the novel.

• あの映えい画がの主しゅ人じん公こうは私し立りつのディテクティブだ。

  The protagonist of that movie is a private detective.