Vocab Info

N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

模索(もさく)groping (for), exploring for a solution

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      1.

      groping (for), fumbling around (for), searching (for an answer, solution, etc.), trying to find

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    模索 【もさく】摸索 【もさく】

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    Examples

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      チームは解決(かいけつ)(さく)模索(もさく)しています。

      The team is exploring for a solution. {groping (for), exploring for a solution}

      • N1

      世界(せかい)平和(へいわ)模索(もさく)している政治(せいじ)()(おお)くいる。

      There are many politicians who are exploring for a solution to world peace. {groping (for), exploring for a solution}

      • N1

      社長(しゃちょう)役員(やくいん)たちが仕事(しごと)効率(こうりつ)()模索(もさく)しているそうだ。

      It seems that the company president and executives are exploring for a solution to increase work efficiency. {groping (for), exploring for a solution}

      • N1

      一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)解決(かいけつ)(みち)模索(もさく)すればこそ、解決(かいけつ)(みち)(ひら)けてくるのだ。

      It is only by earnestly groping for a solution, exploring every possible path, that the way to resolution will open up. {groping (for), exploring for a solution}

      • N1

      こちらは和解(わかい)糸口(いとぐち)模索(もさく)しているが、あちらはその()(まった)くないようだ。

      We are here groping for a thread of reconciliation, but they seem to have absolutely no intention of doing so. {groping (for), exploring for a solution}

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