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  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek

    esp. 探す for something desired and 捜す for something lost

    私は寝る場所を探した。
    I looked for a place in which to sleep.
  2. to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer); to fish around

Also written 捜す【さがす】

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探るさぐる

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for · to investigate; to probe into; to spy on; to sound out · to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

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探求たんきゅう

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbsearch; quest; pursuit

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探究たんきゅう

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbresearch; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study

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探査たんさ

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbprobe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation

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探索たんさく

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbsearch; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

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探知たんち

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbdetection

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探偵たんてい

Noundetective; investigator; sleuth · detective work; secret investigation

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探訪たんぼう

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbsearching; hunting for news story; journalist

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探検たんけん

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbexploration; expedition

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探検隊たんけんたい

Nounexploration party; expedition team

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探し物さがしもの

Nounlooking for something; searching for something · object being sought

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探し回るさがしまわる

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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探鉱たんこう

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbmineral exploration

探鳥たんちょう

Nounbird-watching

探勝たんしょう

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbsightseeing

探聞たんぶん

Noun, Suru verbinquisitive questioning

探題たんだい

Nounlocal commissioner (Kamakura or Muromachi eras) · draw to find the theme for poetry session; composing poetry by lot

探りさぐり

Nounsounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy

探測たんそく

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbprobing; sounding

探番たんばん

Noun, Suru verbattributing a sequence number (packet, message, etc.)

探針たんしん

Nounprobe (device; electric, magnetic, sonic, etc.); probing needle · probe; sound

探湯くかたち

Nountrial by hot water; putting a person's hand in boiling water to determine their guilt or innocence (with the belief that the innocent would not be scalded)

探餌たんじ

Noun(animal's) foraging

探春たんしゅん

Nounspring outing

探掘たんくつ

Noun, Suru verbexploratory excavation; prospecting

探梅たんばい

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbgoing out in search of plum blossoms; plum-blossom viewing

探信たんしん

Nountransmission of a sonar pulse; pinging

探傷たんしょう

Nounflaw detection

探求者たんきゅうしゃ

Nounsearcher; pursuer

探査機たんさき

Noun(space) probe

探索木たんさくぎ

Nounsearch tree; decision tree

探知機たんちき

Noundetector; locator

探照灯たんしょうとう

Nounsearchlight

探究心たんきゅうしん

Nouninquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry

探究者たんきゅうしゃ

Nouninvestigator; researcher

探り足さぐりあし

Nounfeel one's way (with one's feet)

探海灯たんかいとう

Nounsearchlight

探検家たんけんか

Nounexplorer

探偵団たんていだん

Noundetective team · study group; club

探しにさがしに

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)in search of; in order to look for

探偵社たんていしゃ

Noundetective agency

探り箸さぐりばし

Nounusing one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

探傷面たんしょうめん

Nounscanning surface; test surface

探偵業たんていぎょう

Noundetective work; detective industry

探検者たんけんしゃ

Nounexplorer

探検船たんけんせん

Nounexpedition vessel; exploration ship

探査船たんさせん

Nounresearch vessel; research ship

探信儀たんしんぎ

Noun(active) sonar

探索者たんさくしゃ

Nouninvestigator; researcher; explorer; traveler; hunter