detective

(personleft) + (chastity) Same-ON
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FRSIDEKICK

Onyomi

TEI

Mnemonic

A detective is a person who you hire to check up on your mate's chastity.Does that count as a Fucked Root?

Jukugo

探偵(たんてい)

private detective ★★★☆☆
(look for) + (detective) = 探偵 (private detective)

BOOBOO: Most books say this means 'detective' but really it means private detective, not police. (police detective is 刑事 -けいじ). There's a huge P.I. industry here - they have advertisements in all the magazines and even posters on walls on the street!

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
fortune teller/ occupy MOUTH
chastity SHELL
detective PERSON

She tells the fortune with her MOUTH.
The sea SHELL was chaste - it reproduced asexually.
A detective is a PERSON you hire to check the chastity of your daughter or spouse.