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[v1,vt]
▶ to examine ▶ to look up ▶ to investigate ▶ to check up ▶ to sense ▶ to study ▶ to inquire ▶ to search |
3. | A 2018-01-10 00:50:33 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
Diff: | @@ -19,0 +20 @@ +<gloss>to look up</gloss> @@ -26 +26,0 @@ -<gloss>to look up (in a dictionary, online, etc.)</gloss> |
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2. | A* 2018-01-09 23:27:41 Ian Sacks <...address hidden...> | |
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 |
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Comments: | 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.) |
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Diff: | @@ -25 +25,2 @@ -<gloss>to search; to look up (in a dictionary, online, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>to search</gloss> +<gloss>to look up (in a dictionary, online, etc.)</gloss> |
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1. | A* 2018-01-09 23:23:14 Ian Sacks <...address hidden...> | |
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 |
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Comments: | 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. |
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Diff: | @@ -25 +25 @@ -<gloss>to search</gloss> +<gloss>to search; to look up (in a dictionary, online, etc.)</gloss> |