探

Meaning

探 centers on reaching out to find something not immediately visible: groping in the dark, searching for information, or looking for a person or object.

• 探すさがす
  N5

  to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek

• 探偵たんてい
  N1

  detective; investigator; sleuth

• 探るさぐる
  N2

  to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for

• 探索たんさく

  search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

• 探検たんけん
  N1

  exploration; expedition

• 探査たんさ

  probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation

• 探知たんち

  detection

• 探求たんきゅう

  search; quest; pursuit

• 探し出すさがしだす

  to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up; to discover

• 探究たんきゅう
  N1

  research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study

• 手探りてさぐり
  N1

  fumbling; groping

• 探訪たんぼう

  searching; hunting for news story; journalist

• 宝探したからさがし

  treasure hunting; treasure hunt

• 探し求めるさがしもとめる

  to search for; to seek for; to look for

• 探し回るさがしまわる
  N2

  to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

• 探し当てるさがしあてる

  to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover

• 探照灯たんしょうとう

  searchlight

• 家探しいえさがし

  house hunting

• 探鉱たんこう

  mineral exploration

• 探題たんだい

  local commissioner (Kamakura or Muromachi eras)

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