<entry id="1967823" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1429060</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>調べる</keb>
<ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>news2</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf42</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>しらべる</reb>
<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri>
<re_pri>news2</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf42</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&v1;</pos>
<pos>&vt;</pos>
<gloss>to examine</gloss>
<gloss>to look up</gloss>
<gloss>to investigate</gloss>
<gloss>to check up</gloss>
<gloss>to sense</gloss>
<gloss>to study</gloss>
<gloss>to inquire</gloss>
<gloss>to search</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-01-09 23:23:14" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Ian Sacks</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I'm interested in adding a "look up" meaning to this entry, as, when I first moved to Japan, this was quite a point of confusion for me. 調べる is the most common verb to use in cases of searching for (looking up) a word in a dictionary, instructions online, etc., but few online English-Japanese dictionaries captured this usage, and I had to glean it from daily conversation.

This meaning is potentially contained within "to search," but I don't feel that's an intuitive way to convey the usage in this case. We don't say, "I'll to search for it in a dictionary," or at least not nearly as often as one would announce intent or habit by saying, "I'll look it up in a dictionary." "Search," to me, implied a much more rigorous and involved activity, especially when combined with the other listed meanings for 調べる, which capture its more serious uses. Based on the current entry, I would never guess that 調べる is the correct verb to use in cases where "look up" would be the appropriate phrase in English.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>For the addition of a "look up" meaning (which is quite a common usage, and which none of the previous meanings clearly capture): https://eigobu.jp/magazine/look-up
http://denaoshi.chot.biz/2006/06/look_up.html</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -25 +25 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to search&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to search； to look up (in a dictionary, online, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-01-09 23:27:41" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Ian Sacks</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I'm interested in adding a "look up" meaning to this entry, as, when I first moved to Japan, this was quite a point of confusion for me. 調べる is the most common verb to use in cases of searching for (looking up) a word in a dictionary, instructions online, etc., but few online English-Japanese dictionaries captured this usage, and I had to glean it from daily conversation.

This meaning is potentially contained within "to search," but I don't feel that's an intuitive way to convey the usage in this case. We don't say, "I'll to search for it in a dictionary," or at least not nearly as often as one would announce intent or habit by saying, "I'll look it up in a dictionary." "Search," to me, implied a much more rigorous and involved activity, especially when combined with the other listed meanings for 調べる, which capture its more serious uses. Based on the current entry, I would never guess that 調べる is the correct verb to use in cases where "look up" would be the appropriate phrase in English.

(This is a duplicate edit; I made a formatting error in the previous one.)</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>For the addition of a "look up" meaning (which is quite a common usage, and which none of the previous meanings clearly capture): https://eigobu.jp/magazine/look-up
http://denaoshi.chot.biz/2006/06/look_up.html</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -25 +25,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to search； to look up (in a dictionary, online, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to search&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to look up (in a dictionary, online, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-01-10 00:50:33" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;to look up&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -26 +26,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to look up (in a dictionary, online, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>