Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 探索する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 探たん 索さく する 探たん 索さく しない Polite 探たん 索さく します 探たん 索さく しません Past polite 探たん 索さく しました 探たん 索さく しませんでした Past 探たん 索さく した 探たん 索さく しなかった Te-form 探たん 索さく して 探たん 索さく しないで Desire 探たん 索さく したい 探たん 索さく したくない Potential 探たん 索さく できる 探たん 索さく できない Passive 探たん 索さく される 探たん 索さく されない Causative 探たん 索さく させる 探たん 索さく させない Causative passive 探たん 索さく させられる 探たん 索さく させられない Volitional 探たん 索さく しよう Polite volitional 探たん 索さく しましょう Imperative 探たん 索さく しろ 探たん 索さく するな Conditional 探たん 索さく すれば 探たん 索さく しなければ Tara conditional 探たん 索さく したら 探たん 索さく しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 探たん 索さく する to explore/search a place
The team explored the unknown cave.
〈 事こと 〉 を 探たん 索さく する to search through possibilities or data for something
Researchers are exploring the possibilities of a new treatment.
探たん 索さく を 行おこな う to carry out a search/exploration
The police carried out a search for the missing person.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 探たん 索さく に 出で る to set out on an exploration to a place
The adventurers set out to explore the deep forest.
Related words· 10 調査 is a fact-finding investigation or survey, while 探索 emphasizes searching through an area, data, or possibilities in a systematic way.
捜索 is used for searching for missing people, suspects, or lost items, often in police contexts, while 探索 is broader and more exploratory in nature.
検索 is a lookup or retrieval search, especially online or in a database, while 探索 covers physical or conceptual exploration of an unknown space.
探求 focuses on the pursuit of truth, knowledge, or an ideal, while 探索 focuses on the act of searching through a space or set of possibilities.
Show 6 more Show fewer 探索 usually describes systematically searching an area, data, or field, while 模索 focuses on groping toward an answer or course of action whose shape is still unclear.
探索 is a general word for searching or exploring anything, whereas 探訪 specifically implies a purposeful visit to a place for a story or study.
探索 suggests an exploratory or investigative search (e.g. exploring unknown territory or data), whereas サーチ is a more neutral, everyday loanword for searching.
探索 means searching for or seeking out something, whereas 探査 emphasizes systematically probing or surveying the nature of an unknown target.
偵察 focuses on observing an enemy or target for military/strategic purposes, while 探索 is a broader search or exploration without that hostile context.
探検 usually implies a physical journey to an unknown region, while 探索 more broadly means searching for something (an object, information, or a route) and doesn't always involve travel.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound: 探 means to search or probe, and 索 also means to search or seek. The spelling transparently matches the meaning of systematic searching or exploration.
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