模索 (もさく)groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.)
- groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.)noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Kanji in 模索
- 模Imitation; Copy; MockRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
- 索Cord; Rope; SearchingRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
Words that share its kanji
- 規模きぼscale; scope
- 大規模だいきぼlarge-scale
- 模様もようpattern; figure
- 小規模しょうきぼsmall scale
- 模型もけいmodel; dummy
- 模擬もぎimitation
- 模範もはんexemplar; model
- 中規模ちゅうきぼmid-range; mid-scale
- 捜索そうさくsearch (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt
- 検索けんさくlooking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data)
- 索引さくいんindex (in a book)
- 思索しさくspeculation; thinking
- 捜索隊そうさくたいsearch party
- 探索たんさくsearch; lookup
- 検索条件けんさくじょうけんsearch criteria
- あいまい検索あいまいけんさくfuzzy reference; ambiguous search
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