Japanese

Noun

探偵 ‎(hiragana たんてい, romaji tantei)

1. a detective
   • 1996 February 20, Mitsuru Adachi, “なにがなんだか 前編 [Who Is Who: First Chapter]”, in ショート・プログラム [Short Program], volume 1 (fiction, in Japanese), 25th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-121881-4, page 260:

     あ、失 (しつ)礼 (れい)！きみがまだ残 (のこ)ってましたね———っ。

     A, shitsurei! Kimi ga mada nokotte mashita ne———h.

     Oh, excuse me! I forgo———t about you.

     私 (し)立 (りつ)探 (たん)偵 (てい)です

     Shiritsu tantei desu

     I'm a private detective.

Usage notes

• Not used to refer to a police investigator. See instead 刑事.

Descendants

• Korean: 탐정 (tamjeong)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

探偵 • ‎(tamjeong, McCune-Reischauer: t'amjŏng, Yale: thamceng) ‎(hangeul 탐정)

1. Hanja form^? of 탐정.