調べる
しらべる
to check; to look up; to inquire; to search
Shiraberu (調べる) is an ichidan verb meaning "to check". Its polite form is 調べます (shirabemasu), its te form is 調べて (shirabete), its past form is 調べた (shirabeta), and its negative form is 調べない (shirabenai).
Ichidan verbJLPT N4
Shiraberu (調べる) conjugation quick reference
調べる means "to check". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Shiraberu example sentences
明日の天気を調べます。
I will check tomorrow’s weather.
パーティーの場所を調べました。
I looked up the party location.
危ない言葉は調べませんでした。
I didn’t look up the dangerous words.
How to use Shiraberu: grammar notes
•Use 調べる with the particle を to show what you're checking—like 辞書を調べる (look up a word in the dictionary).
•When searching on the internet or at a place, you can use で—like インターネットで調べる (search on the internet).
•Don’t confuse 調べる with 勉強する; 調べる is for actively looking something up or investigating, not general studying.
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Shiraberu
辞書で調べる（じしょでしらべる）
to look it up in a dictionary
インターネットで調べる（インターネットでしらべる）
to search on the internet
原因を調べる（げんいんをしらべる）
to investigate the cause
Shiraberu (調べる) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 調べる | shiraberu |
| Masu Form | 調べます | shirabemasu |
| Te Form | 調べて | shirabete |
| Past Form | 調べた | shirabeta |
| Negative Form | 調べない | shirabenai |
| Past Negative | 調べなかった | shirabenakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 調べます | shirabemasu |
| Polite Past | 調べました | shirabemashita |
| Polite Negative | 調べません | shirabemasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 調べませんでした | shirabemasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 調べられる | shiraberareru |
| Passive Form | 調べられる | shiraberareru |
| Causative Form | 調べさせる | shirabesaseru |
| Causative Passive | 調べさせられる | shirabesaserareru |
| Volitional Form | 調べよう | shirabeyou |
| Imperative Form | 調べろ | shirabero |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 調べれば | shirabereba |
| Conditional (たら) | 調べたら | shirabetara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 調べている | shirabeteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 調べたい | shirabetai |
| Prohibition | 調べるな | shiraberuna |