JapanLingo

調査ちょうさ

chousa

investigation

N3

How to remember this word

調査 is going and finding out — gathering facts, surveying users, digging into logs. 確認 verifies what you already expect; 調査 uncovers what you do not know yet.

Example sentences

Example 1

shijou nitsuite chousa shiteimasu.

We are researching the market.

Example 2

chousa no kekka ni yotte, tsugi no keikaku o kimeru koto ni natteimasu.

The next plan is to be decided based on the results of the investigation.