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探る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	探さぐる	探さぐらない
Polite	探さぐります	探さぐりません
Past polite	探さぐりました	探さぐりませんでした
Past	探さぐった	探さぐらなかった
Te-form	探さぐって	探さぐらないで
Desire	探さぐりたい	探さぐりたくない
Potential	探さぐれる	探さぐれない
Passive	探さぐられる	探さぐられない
Causative	探さぐらせる	探さぐらせない
Causative passive	探さぐらせられるalso 探さぐらされる	探さぐらせられないalso 探さぐらされない
Volitional	探さぐろう
Polite volitional	探さぐりましょう
Imperative	探さぐれ	探さぐるな
Conditional	探さぐれば	探さぐらなければ
Tara conditional	探さぐったら	探さぐらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

grope for; feel around for; fumble for

Physically searching with one's hands, often in the dark or when unable to see. Also used for searching through a bag or pocket by touch.

暗くら闇やみの中なかでスイッチを探さぐった。
I groped for the switch in the dark.

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探さがすN5

探す is the general word for looking for something, while 探る implies a careful, groping or probing search, often by touch or into hidden matters.

調しらべるN5sense 2

調べる means to examine or check systematically, whereas 探る suggests a more tentative probing into something unknown or concealed.

詮せん索さく sense 2

詮索する means to pry or dig persistently into details (often with a negative, nosy nuance), while 探る is more neutral and can also describe cautious physical or figurative searching.

模も索さくN1sense 2

模索する means to grope or search for a solution or direction (e.g. a policy), a more formal and abstract counterpart to the figurative sense of 探る.

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打だ診しん sense 2
打診する specifically means to sound someone out about their intentions before making a formal request, a narrower and more business-like usage than 探る.
辿たどるN1
探る means to search or probe for something unknown, while 辿る specifically follows an existing trail, clue, or sequence to reach an endpoint.
掘ほるN3
探る means to probe or investigate and is the more natural verb for figurative digging into a matter, while 掘る in this sense is slightly more casual and physical in nuance.

Don't confuse with

探さがすN5

探す is a general word for looking for something you want, while 探る means to feel around or probe (often blindly or exploratively) for something, as in groping in the dark.

漁あさるN1

探る means to probe or feel around cautiously for information or objects, while 漁る implies a rougher, more thorough rummaging.

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