捜索
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See also: 搜索
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 捜 | 索 |
| そう Grade: S |
さく Grade: S |
| kan'on | on'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 搜索 (kyūjitai) 廋索 (obsolete) |
Pronunciation
Noun
捜索 • (sōsaku) ←さうさく (sausaku)?
- search (rescue of a missing person etc.)
- 1937, Edogawa Ranpo, Akuma no manshō:
- 博士も警部も、川手雪子の顔を知らなかったけれど、種々の事情を考え合せて、この艶めかしい死体こそ、捜索中の雪子さんであることは明かであった。
- Hakase mo keibu mo, Kawate Yukiko no kao o shiranakatta keredo, shuju no jijō o kangaeawasete, kono namamekashii shitai koso, sōsaku-chū no Yukiko-san de aru koto wa akiraka de atta.
- Although neither the doctor nor the inspector knew Kawate Yukiko's face, putting the variety of circumstances together, it was obvious that this seductive corpse was exactly the Yukiko in search.
- 博士も警部も、川手雪子の顔を知らなかったけれど、種々の事情を考え合せて、この艶めかしい死体こそ、捜索中の雪子さんであることは明かであった。
- investigation (police investigation)
Derived terms
Verb
捜索する • (sōsaku suru) ←さうさく (sausaku)?transitive suru (stem 捜索し (sōsaku shi), past 捜索した (sōsaku shita))
- to search (especially for a missing person or people)
- to investigate
Conjugation
Conjugation of "捜索する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 捜索し | そうさくし | sōsaku shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 捜索し | そうさくし | sōsaku shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 捜索する | そうさくする | sōsaku suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 捜索する | そうさくする | sōsaku suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 捜索すれ | そうさくすれ | sōsaku sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 捜索せよ¹ 捜索しろ² |
そうさくせよ¹ そうさくしろ² |
sōsaku seyo¹ sōsaku shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 捜索される | そうさくされる | sōsaku sareru | |
| Causative | 捜索させる 捜索さす |
そうさくさせる そうさくさす |
sōsaku saseru sōsaku sasu | |
| Potential | 捜索できる | そうさくできる | sōsaku dekiru | |
| Volitional | 捜索しよう | そうさくしよう | sōsaku shiyō | |
| Negative | 捜索しない | そうさくしない | sōsaku shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 捜索せず | そうさくせず | sōsaku sezu | |
| Formal | 捜索します | そうさくします | sōsaku shimasu | |
| Perfective | 捜索した | そうさくした | sōsaku shita | |
| Conjunctive | 捜索して | そうさくして | sōsaku shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 捜索すれば | そうさくすれば | sōsaku sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN