探る
N2さぐる saguru
- to search
- to look for
- to sound out
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
探寻;探听
Examples
- 遠まわしに彼の意見を探った。I sounded him out about his views.我间接探听了他的意见。
- 真相は井戸の底にあり探りにくい。Truth is difficult to find at the bottom of a well.真相如同在井底,难以探寻。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('753724063a'); // 探る
{
"id": "753724063a",
"word": "探る",
"reading": "さぐる",
"romaji": "saguru",
"meanings": [
"to search",
"to look for",
"to sound out"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5r",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1418260,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "遠まわしに彼の意見を探った。",
"en": "I sounded him out about his views.",
"tatoeba_id": 188667
},
{
"ja": "真相は井戸の底にあり探りにくい。",
"furigana": "{真相|しんそう}は{井戸|いど}の{底|そこ}にあり{探|さぐ}りにくい。",
"en": "Truth is difficult to find at the bottom of a well.",
"tatoeba_id": 144970
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "3e7b52a7b350742a48a0685fbd6f89e9a75a1c842bf4012da3607b4dca661a58",
"meanings": [
"探寻",
"探听"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "遠まわしに彼の意見を探った。",
"zh": "我间接探听了他的意见。"
},
{
"ja": "真相は井戸の底にあり探りにくい。",
"zh": "真相如同在井底,难以探寻。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/753724063a",
"JMdict ent_seq 1418260; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "df2581a6b1151cb261c33e8d7bc08b0c281f6fba485baadcec3f5ac8724fd0ad"
}
}