調べ (Shirabe) is a Japanese noun meaning “investigation, inspection, examination, tune”.
Meanings
- noun, noun suffixinvestigation; inspection; examination
- noun, noun suffixtune; note; melody
Examples
先生はわれわれの答案調べに忙しい。
The teacher is busy looking over our tests.
どこからかハープの流麗な調べが聞こえてきた。
They could hear the elegant, flowing sound of a harp coming from somewhere.
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