模も索さく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

searching for a solution; groping for an answer; trying to find a way

Usually used as 模索する for an exploratory, often trial-and-error search when the answer, policy, method, or direction is not yet clear. It is common in news, essays, and business-like contexts; the image is of feeling one's way forward rather than simply looking for a known object.

• 会かい社しゃは新あたらしい成せい長ちょう戦せん略りゃくを模も索さくしている。

  The company is searching for a new growth strategy.

• 専せん門もん家かたちは問もん題だいの解かい決けつ策さくを模も索さくした。

  The experts sought a solution to the problem.

• 交こう渉しょうはまだ模も索さくの段だん階かいにある。

  The negotiations are still at the exploratory stage.