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模索 (mosaku) Japanese meaning: searching for a solution | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 模索する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 模も 索さく する 模も 索さく しない Polite 模も 索さく します 模も 索さく しません Past polite 模も 索さく しました 模も 索さく しませんでした Past 模も 索さく した 模も 索さく しなかった Te-form 模も 索さく して 模も 索さく しないで Desire 模も 索さく したい 模も 索さく したくない Potential 模も 索さく できる 模も 索さく できない Passive 模も 索さく される 模も 索さく されない Causative 模も 索さく させる 模も 索さく させない Causative passive 模も 索さく させられる 模も 索さく させられない Volitional 模も 索さく しよう Polite volitional 模も 索さく しましょう Imperative 模も 索さく しろ 模も 索さく するな Conditional 模も 索さく すれば 模も 索さく しなければ Tara conditional 模も 索さく したら 模も 索さく しなかったら
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The company is searching for a new growth strategy.
The experts sought a solution to the problem.
The negotiations are still at the exploratory stage.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 模も 索さく する to search for/grope toward a solution, method, or way regarding something
The government is groping toward a new economic policy.
〈 事こと 〉 への 道みち を 模も 索さく する to search for a path toward something
The two countries are searching for a path to peace.
模も 索さく を 続つづ ける to continue searching for a solution
The researchers keep searching for a new treatment.
Related words 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.
試行錯誤 names the trial-and-error process itself, whereas 模索 describes the broader, ongoing search for a solution that may involve such trial and error.
検討 is calm, analytical deliberation over options already on the table, while 模索 implies feeling one's way forward when no clear option yet exists.
探る is a plain verb for probing or feeling out a situation, while 模索 is a more formal noun/verb used for an extended, uncertain search for a solution.
探す is the everyday verb for looking for something concrete, while 模索 is abstract and implies uncertainty or trial and error in finding a solution.
Written forms 模も 索さく Usage 99%
Standard common spelling; high-priority form.
摸も 索さく Usage 1%
rarely-used kanji form
Attested rare kanji variant; 模索 is the normal modern spelling.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound. 索 is associated with searching, while the rare variant 摸索 reflects the idea of feeling or groping one's way; 模索 is the standard modern spelling. The exact historical development is not specified.
