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探し当てる (さがしあてる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
find after searching ; locate ; track down
Emphasizes the effort of searching thoroughly before finally finding something. Often used when the search is difficult or the object is hard to locate.
図と 書しょ 館かん で その 本ほん を 探さが し 当あ てる の に 苦く 労ろう し た 。
I had a hard time locating that book in the library.
Written forms 探さが し 当あ てる Usage 56%
Standard kanji spelling for 'to find after searching'.
探さが しあてる Usage 24%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kana-mixed form; not a standard written spelling.
捜さが し 当あ てる Usage 11%
Variant kanji spelling; 捜す often implies searching for something lost or missing.
さがしあてる Usage 9%
Kanji 捜 search, look for, locate Similar words 見み つける 見つける is the general word for 'find' or 'discover', without the nuance of exhaustive searching. 探し当てる implies a deliberate, often difficult search.
探さが す 探す means 'to search for' or 'to look for', focusing on the process. 探し当てる focuses on the successful result of that search.
Etymology Compound of 探す (sagasu, 'to search') + 当てる (ateru, 'to hit upon, to guess right'). The combination yields the meaning 'to successfully find after searching'.
