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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

探たん求きゅう

tankyuu

to explore, to pursue

Example sentences

博士はかせたちは自然しぜんの神秘しんぴを探求たんきゅうした。
The doctors inquired into the mystery of nature.
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その問題もんだいはまだ十分じゅうぶんに探求たんきゅうされていない。
The subject has not yet been fully explored.
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日常生活にちじょうせいかつのなかからあるべき道徳どうとくと人間像にんげんぞうを探求たんきゅうして提示ていじした。
He searched for the correct path and the ideal form of man in daily life, and advocated it.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 探求

探grope; searchOnタンKunさぐる・さがす
求request; wantOnキュウ・グKunもとめる

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