探偵する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 探偵する | 探偵しない |
| Polite | 探偵します | 探偵しません |
| Past polite | 探偵しました | 探偵しませんでした |
| Past | 探偵した | 探偵しなかった |
| Te-form | 探偵して | 探偵しないで |
| Desire | 探偵したい | 探偵したくない |
| Potential | 探偵できる | 探偵できない |
| Passive | 探偵される | 探偵されない |
| Causative | 探偵させる | 探偵させない |
| Causative passive | 探偵させられる | 探偵させられない |
| Volitional | 探偵しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 探偵しましょう | |
| Imperative | 探偵しろ | 探偵するな |
| Conditional | 探偵すれば | 探偵しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 探偵したら | 探偵しなかったら |
detective; investigator; sleuth
Refers to a person who investigates cases, mysteries, missing people, infidelity, and similar matters; often used for private detectives as well as fictional detectives.
She had a private detective look into her husband's whereabouts.
The protagonist of this novel is a young detective.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
detective work; secret investigation; investigate secretly
As a noun this can refer to detective work or secret investigation. The する-verb use, as in 探偵する, is much less common in modern everyday Japanese than 調査する or 探る and can sound written or old-fashioned.
In older writing, expressions like 敵情を探偵する may be used to mean investigating the enemy's situation secretly.
The wife hired a detective to look into her husband's behavior.
He decided to secretly investigate the suspicious man.
The detective solved one difficult case after another.
He had dreamed of becoming a detective since childhood.
偵察 means to scout or reconnoiter a place or enemy, while 探偵 refers to a detective who investigates crimes, despite sharing the kanji 偵.
inept detective; bungling detective