たん
探
てい
偵
ぎょう
業

noun

  1. detective work, detective industry.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
たん
探
てい
偵
ぎょう
業
 探偵業 たんていぎょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

grope, search, look for
さが.す　タン　さぐ.る (6th, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
deep
a net, net-like, radical 122
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
spy
テイ (Early High School, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
upright, chastity, constancy
テイ　さだ　ジョウ (Early High School, N1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
shellfish
かい　バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
business, vocation, arts
ギョウ　わざ　ゴウ (3rd, N4)
business, (業 variant)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wooden instrument
un-, not yet, hitherto
ミ　いま.だ　ビ (4th, N3)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)