| CHOU |
Margaret CHO checks out ways to restart her career. |
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The cops check out what everyone in the circumference of the crime scene has to say about what went down. |
| しら*べる |
to ’check something out'. Not like years of research, but like to google it or try to find it on a map - to look up in a dictionary, to check tomorrow's weather report. To find out about the blood type of your favorite singer.
★★★★★ |
| 調子 |
condition
★★★★☆
the condition something's in. Can be used with a living thing or object. Always used only with いい or 悪い. Usually emphaizes the LONG TERM condition. Although hungover people have been heard to remark, 調子が悪い! |
| 調査 する |
investigate
★★★☆☆
an investigation. Emphasizes that there are no correct answers, and implies that the investigators are talking to someone, asking questions directly. (usually used about polls, surveys, and detectives questioning suspects and/or witnesses) |
| 強調 する |
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condition or context
状況 事態 事情 状態 様子 調子 具合 |
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examination or investigation
調べる 検査 調査 検討 診断 査定 検索 |
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go too far, jump the gun, press your luck
先走り 席を越す 調子に乗る あんまり |
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ok, fine
了解 順調 平気 |
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tone of voice
調子 口調 喋り方 |