調べ

• 読み: しらべ
• ローマ字: shirabe
• 漢字の分解: 調 (shira/chō) — tune, investigate, melody
• 発音: /ɕi.ɾa.be/

意味

Tune; melody; the sound of music; also, investigation or inquiry.

A polysemous noun with two primary meanings. In literary and musical contexts, 調べ refers to a melody, tune, or the overall sound and rhythm of music — particularly the strains of traditional instruments. In everyday and formal contexts, it also means an investigation or inquiry (from 調べる, to investigate). Literary usage almost always draws on the musical sense.

例文

1. 三味線の調べが夜の座敷に静かに流れ、聴衆は息をひそめて聴き入った。
2. 秋の虫の調べを聞きながら、詩人は新しい句を思い浮かべた。
3. 古い民謡の調べには、その土地の歴史と人々の暮らしが刻まれている。

使い方ガイド

場面: music, traditional arts, poetry

トーン: poetic

起源と歴史

The noun form of the verb 調べる (shiraberu, to investigate/to tune). In musical contexts, 調べ derives from the practice of tuning an instrument — checking and adjusting its pitch — which then extended to the resulting sound and melody. One of many Japanese nouns formed from the conjunctive (masu-stem) of a verb.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal