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捜索 (そうさく): search (esp. for someone or something missing, investigation) — Japanese vocabulary

捜索 is read そうさく and means "search (esp. for someone or something missing, investigation)". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

捜索

Reading
そうさく · sousaku
Translation
search (esp. for someone or something missing, investigation)
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
そうさくが

Example

私たちは散開して森の中を捜索した。

わたしたちはさんかいしてもりのなかをそうさくした。

We spread out and began to search through the woods.

Kanji in this word

  • 捜 — Search, Look For, Locate
  • 索 — Cord, Rope, Searching

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