Illustration: In an apartment living room, two housemates try to devise a ramp that will let their elderly dachshund reach its favorite sofa cushion. A steep board has been set aside, and a collapsed stack of cushions lies nearby.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

模も索さく

mosaku

to search for a solution

Example sentences

  1. より簡単かんたんな解決策かいけつさくを模索もさくしている。

    I’m looking for a simpler solution.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 政府せいふは、政治問題せいじもんだいに関かんするネット上じょうの会話かいわを監視かんしし、誤あやまった情報じょうほうと判断はんだんした場合ばあいにそれを訂正ていせいする方法ほうほうを模索もさくしている。

    The government is looking for ways to monitor online chatter about political issues and correct what it perceives as misinformation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 即位以来そくいいらい、憲法けんぽうの精神せいしんを守まもりつつ平成へいせいの天皇てんのうのあり方かたを模索もさくしている。

    Since his enthronement, observing the spirit of the constitution, he has tried to find the ideal image of the Emperor in the Heisei period.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 模索

  • 模imitation; copyOnモ・ボ
  • 索cord; ropeOnサク

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