Word Meaning 探偵

たんてい tantei

探偵 is read as たんてい (tantei) and means detective work.

Meaning

English

  1. detective work
  2. secret investigation
  3. detective
  4. investigator
  5. sleuth

Reading

Kana

たんてい

Romaji

tantei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 準2級 Related Words 秘密,内偵 Rank 16794 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

探偵事務所

たんていじむしょ

detective bureau

探偵小説

たんていしょうせつ

detective story

探偵業

たんていぎょう

detective work

探偵団

たんていだん

detective team

探偵社

たんていしゃ

detective agency

私立探偵

しりつたんてい

private detective

安楽椅子探偵

あんらくいすたんてい

armchair detective

名探偵

めいたんてい

great detective

迷探偵

めいたんてい

inept detective

探検

たんけん

exploration

探索

たんさく

search

Example Sentences

10

Tom is a detective.

Detective stories are amusing.

Tom hired a private detective.

The detective disguised himself as an old gentleman.

I know Tom is a good detective.

He is absorbed in reading a detective story.

Tom thinks he's being shadowed by a private detective.

Tom thinks he's being shadowed by a private detective.

He is absorbed in reading detective novels.

She hired a private detective to inquire into the case.