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Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗 中 模 索
あん
Grade: 3 		ちゅう
Grade: 1 		も
Grade: 6 		さく
Grade: S

Etymology

From 暗中 (anchū, “in the dark”) +‎ 模索 (mosaku, “groping, probing, investigation”).

Noun

暗(あん)中(ちゅう)模(も)索(さく) • (anchūmosaku) 

  1. groping in the dark, investigation/struggling/probing without any clues

Verb

暗(あん)中(ちゅう)模(も)索(さく)する • (anchūmosaku suru) intransitive suru (stem 暗(あん)中(ちゅう)模(も)索(さく)し (anchūmosaku shi), past 暗(あん)中(ちゅう)模(も)索(さく)した (anchūmosaku shita))

  1. to grope in the dark, to investigate/struggle/probe without any clues

Conjugation

Conjugation of "暗中模索する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 暗中模索し あんちゅうもさくし anchūmosaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 暗中模索し あんちゅうもさくし anchūmosaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 暗中模索する あんちゅうもさくする anchūmosaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 暗中模索する あんちゅうもさくする anchūmosaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 暗中模索すれ あんちゅうもさくすれ anchūmosaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 暗中模索せよ¹
暗中模索しろ² 		あんちゅうもさくせよ¹
あんちゅうもさくしろ² 		anchūmosaku seyo¹
anchūmosaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 暗中模索される あんちゅうもさくされる anchūmosaku sareru
Causative 暗中模索させる
暗中模索さす 		あんちゅうもさくさせる
あんちゅうもさくさす 		anchūmosaku saseru
anchūmosaku sasu
Potential 暗中模索できる あんちゅうもさくできる anchūmosaku dekiru
Volitional 暗中模索しよう あんちゅうもさくしよう anchūmosaku shiyō
Negative 暗中模索しない あんちゅうもさくしない anchūmosaku shinai
Negative continuative 暗中模索せず あんちゅうもさくせず anchūmosaku sezu
Formal 暗中模索します あんちゅうもさくします anchūmosaku shimasu
Perfective 暗中模索した あんちゅうもさくした anchūmosaku shita
Conjunctive 暗中模索して あんちゅうもさくして anchūmosaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 暗中模索すれば あんちゅうもさくすれば anchūmosaku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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