Japanese word

取り調べ

Pronunciation

Romajitorishirabe

Meaning

  • nouninterrogation

Example

警察の取り調べが始まりました。kei satsu no to ri shira be ga haji ma ri ma shi ta

The police interrogation began.

Illustration for 取り調べ (interrogation)

More examples

弁護士の立ち会いのもとで取り調べを受けました。ben go shi no ta chi a i no mo to de to ri shira be o u ke ma shi ta

I was interrogated with a lawyer present.

Core concept

It centers on asking detailed questions to establish what happened in an incident or clarify an uncertain matter.

Common phrases

  • 取り調べを受けるto ri shira be o u ke ru

    undergo interrogation

  • 取り調べを行うto ri shira be o okona u

    conduct an interrogation

  • 取り調べに応じるto ri shira be ni ō ji ru

    submit to questioning

Similar words

尋問jinmon: A formal questioning of a person, often with pressure, to obtain information or a confession.
事情聴取jijōchōshu: The act of hearing a person's account of an event to understand the circumstances.

Definition in Japanese

事件などの事実を確かめるため、関係者に詳しく質問すること。ji ken na do no ji jitsu o tashi ka me ru ta me kan kei sha ni kuwa shi ku shitsu mon su ru ko to

Word origin

取り調べ (torishirabe) is a compound of 取り (tori, "taking"), the noun form of 取る (toru, "to take"), and 調べ (shirabe, "examining"), the noun form of 調べる (shiraberu, "to examine").

Usage tips

  • Police dramas often show 取り調べ (torishirabe) as a formal questioning scene, but the word describes the questioning process rather than the entire investigation.

Other meanings

  • investigationnoun

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