見付ける

(1) 生存、存在または、の事実を発見するまたは断定する(discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint")(discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of)

⇒我々は、絵画の中に鉛の痕跡を発見した(discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of)

(2) 偶然に、突然、または不意に発見するか、やって来る何かをしている、または特定の状態である誰かを捕える(discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state; "She caught her son eating candy"; "She was caught shoplifting")(discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly)(catch somebody doing something or in a certain state)

⇒彼女は、万引きしているのを捕らえられた(catch somebody doing something or in a certain state)

(3) 不意に見つける(find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake")(find unexpectedly)

⇒ハイカーは、最終的に、湖への主要道路を見つけた(find unexpectedly)

(4) 探した後で次に来る逃した、または失くしたものの場所を探す(come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!")(come upon after searching)(find the location of something that was missed or lost)

⇒私は手袋を見つけることができません！(find the location of something that was missed or lost)

(5) 意図された意味または印象を伝える(communicate the intended meaning or impression; "He came across very clearly")(communicate the intended meaning or impression)

⇒彼は非常にはっきりと理解してもらった(communicate the intended meaning or impression)

(6) まるで偶然かのように、出会う会う(come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day")(come upon, as if by accident)(meet with)

⇒彼女は、先日、書店でおもしろい本を偶然見つけた(meet with)

(7) 器具によりまたは測量により、場所、位置、または区域を決める、あるいは示す(determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property")(determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey)

⇒その土地の境界線を決める(determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey)

(8) 位置を見つける位置を決定する検索または検査することで見つける(discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing")(discover the location of)(determine the place of)(find by searching or examining)

⇒探したが何も見つからなかった(find by searching or examining)

(9) 計算、調査、実験、調査または研究の後に確立する(establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize")(establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)

⇒見つけにくい粒子を発見した物理学者はノーベル賞を受賞した(establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)

(10) 知る、気がつく、通常偶然に(get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted")(get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally)

⇒私は、あなたが昇進したのを知っている(get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally)

(11) 発見をする、新しい発見をする(make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle")(make a discovery, make a new finding)

⇒物理学者は、彼らが新しい素粒子を見つけたと思っている(make a discovery, make a new finding)

(12) 特定の目的のために何かまたは誰かを手に入れる(get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter")(get something or somebody for a specific purpose)

⇒議長は、緊急の手紙をタイプするために、金曜日の夜に秘書に連絡した(get something or somebody for a specific purpose)