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Meaning of 手探り in Japanese
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手探り, 手さぐり
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Kana Readingてさぐり
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Romajitesaguri
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- fumbling; groping
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Examples of 手探り, 手さぐり, てさぐり in a sentence
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ワタシは背が低いので棚の上まで見られないのでほぼ手探りで拭くわけです。
I'm short, so I can't see on top of the shelves and so I pretty much dust by touch.
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The blind man felt his way toward the exit.
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I felt after the switch in the dark.
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部屋があまりに暗かったので、私たちは手探りでドアのところまで進まなければならなかった。
The room was so dark that we had to feel our way to the door.
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She groped for the light switch in the dark.
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They kept on feeling their way.
Related Kanji
探
JLPT 3
11 strokes
grope, search, look for, search, look for
On'Yomi: タン
Kun'Yomi: さぐ.る, さが.す