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捜索 (そうさく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 捜索する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 捜そう 索さく する 捜そう 索さく しない Polite 捜そう 索さく します 捜そう 索さく しません Past polite 捜そう 索さく しました 捜そう 索さく しませんでした Past 捜そう 索さく した 捜そう 索さく しなかった Te-form 捜そう 索さく して 捜そう 索さく しないで Desire 捜そう 索さく したい 捜そう 索さく したくない Potential 捜そう 索さく できる 捜そう 索さく できない Passive 捜そう 索さく される 捜そう 索さく されない Causative 捜そう 索さく させる 捜そう 索さく させない Causative passive 捜そう 索さく させられる 捜そう 索さく させられない Volitional 捜そう 索さく しよう Polite volitional 捜そう 索さく しましょう Imperative 捜そう 索さく しろ 捜そう 索さく するな Conditional 捜そう 索さく すれば 捜そう 索さく しなければ Tara conditional 捜そう 索さく したら 捜そう 索さく しなかったら
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明めい
の
子こ
供ども
を
捜そう
索さく
し
て
いる
。
The police are searching for the missing child.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 捜そう 索さく する to search a place (e.g. building, mountains, area)
The police searched through the mountains.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 捜そう 索さく が 入はい る to have a legal search conducted on a place
The company had a search conducted on it.
〈 人ひと〉 〉 の 行方いくえ を 捜索そうさく する to search for someone's whereabouts
They are searching for the whereabouts of the missing person.
捜そう 索さく に 協きょう 力りょく する to cooperate in a search
Local residents also cooperated in the search.
大だい 規き 模ぼ な 捜そう 索さく a large-scale search
A large-scale search was carried out to find the missing climber.
Kanji 捜 search, look for, locate Related words 捜査 refers to a criminal investigation (gathering evidence, questioning suspects), while 捜索 refers to the physical act of searching a place or for a person.
探索 is a broader word for exploration or investigation used in scientific or general contexts, whereas 捜索 specifically means searching for a missing person, lost item, or suspect.
捜索 is a formal term for an organized search, often by police or authorities, whereas 探し物 is the everyday word for looking for a personal lost item.
捜索する is a formal, often official word for conducting a search (e.g. police, rescue teams), while 探す is the everyday word for looking for something.
捜索 implies an active hunt for a missing person or object (often official, e.g. police search), while サーチ is a general-purpose word for searching that lacks that urgency.
Don't confuse with 検索 means searching a database, the internet, or records, while 捜索 means a physical search operation, and the two are easy to mix up because of the shared 索 kanji and 'search' meaning.
捜索 means physically searching for a missing person, place, or piece of evidence, while 捜査 is the broader legal investigation into a crime, and the two share the kanji 捜 but differ in scope.
Counted with For matters, cases, and incidents — requests, accidents, inquiries (お問い合わせ1件).
The neutral counter for occurrences: how many times something happens.
Etymology Compound of 捜 (search, look for) and 索 (search, inquire). The kanji combination reinforces the idea of a thorough, systematic search.
か
宅たく
捜そう
索さく
house search; search of premises
search-and-seizure warrant
