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家宅捜査 (katakusousa) Japanese meaning: house search | Kotomora

家か宅たく捜そう査さ

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た

く

そ

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さ

Meanings

1

house search; search of premises

Colloquial term for a police search of a residence. The formal legal term is 家宅捜索 (かたくそうさく).

See also: 家宅捜索

警けい察さつが家か

宅たく

捜そう

査さ

に

入はい

っ

た

。

The police conducted a house search.

Kanji

家house, home, family
宅home, house, residence
捜search, look for, locate
査investigate

Related words

家か宅たく捜そう索さく
The formal legal term for a house search. 家宅捜査 is a colloquial variant.

Built from

家か宅たく+捜そう査さ

Etymology

Compound of 家宅 (かたく, 'house, residence') and 捜査 (そうさ, 'search, investigation'). The reading そうさ is a colloquial shortening of 捜索 (そうさく).