捜索

そうさく · sousaku · JLPT N1 · noun

search

🔍 捜 = search + 索 = cord, seek: hunting for a lost item or person, sou-saku

索 originally meant rope or cord, as in following a line to find something. Paired with 捜 (search), it names a full hunt for a missing person or thing.

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