Illustration: In the narrow service passage behind a Japanese apartment building, two neighbors systematically search for a missing cat. One crouches and shines a flashlight beneath an outdoor air-conditioning unit while the other lifts the corner of a bicycle cover.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

探たん索さく

tansaku

search, exploration

Example sentences

その島しまは隅々すみずみまで探索たんさくされている。
Every part of the island has been explored.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれらは東ひがしアフリカのタンガニーカ湖こを探索たんさくした。
They explored Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
私わたしたちはフランスの田舎いなかを探索たんさくして休日きゅうじつをすごした。
We spent our holiday exploring rural France.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 探索

探grope; searchOnタンKunさぐる・さがす
索cord; ropeOnサク

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