たんてい
Tantei
探偵 (Tantei) is a Japanese noun meaning “detective, investigator, sleuth, detective work”.
Meanings
- noundetective; investigator; sleuth
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbdetective work; secret investigation
Examples
彼女は彼を探偵だと言った。
She described him as a detective.
彼はときどき探偵小説を読む。
He reads detective stories on occasion.
その探偵は年老いた紳士に変装した。
The detective disguised himself as an old gentleman.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).