Illustration: At dusk in a residential lane, three neighbors search for a missing house cat. One kneels and shines a flashlight beneath a parked car, another bends to inspect the gap behind outdoor air-conditioning units, and the owner holds an empty carrier beside a familiar cat toy.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

捜そう索さく

sousaku

to search for someone or something

Example sentences

私わたしたちは散開さんかいして森もりの中なかを捜索そうさくした。
We spread out and began to search through the woods.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれは行方不明ゆくえふめいの母ははの捜索そうさくに着手ちゃくしゅした。
He set out to find his lost mother.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
脱走者だっそうしゃに対たいする捜索そうさくが始はじまっている。
A hunt is on for the runaway.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 捜索

捜search; look forOnソウ・シュ・シュウKunさがす
索cord; ropeOnサク

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