Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese living room, a child is building a cardboard ramp to roll a wooden ball into a cup. Earlier versions lie nearby: one collapsed under tape, another bent too sharply, and a third aimed past the cup, where several balls have collected.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

試し行こう錯さく誤ご

shikousakugo

to use trial and error

Example sentences

  1. 試行錯誤しこうさくごの末すえ、彼かれはふと正ただしい答こたえを思おもいついた。

    Through trial and error, he found the right answer by chance.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 解決策かいけつさくが功こうを奏そうしたのは試行錯誤しこうさくごの結果けっかだった。

    Finding a solution that worked was a process of trial and error.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. しかし芸術性げいじゅつせいと商業性しょうぎょうせいとの矛盾むじゅんに悩なやみ失敗しっぱいと試行錯誤しこうさくごを繰くり返かえした。

    However, he was conflicted by the contradiction between art and commercial success; experiencing repeated failures and learning by trial and error.

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

Kanji in 試行錯誤

  • 試test; tryOnシKunこころみる・ためす
  • 行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう
  • 錯confused; mixOnサク・シャク
  • 誤mistake; errOnゴKunあやまる

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