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    3. 手探り

    手探り

    手て探さぐり​

    fumbling

    KMT8News #24+1CoreNoun, Participle, VerbDaily LifeKanji Vocab17 strokes

    手さぐり

    てさぐり

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    fumbling, groping

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    暗くら闇やみの中なかを手て探さぐりで進 んだ。

    I advanced by fumbling in the dark.

    KMT6Daily Life
    初はじめての仕し事ごとなので、まだ手て探さぐりの状じょう態たいです。

    Since it's my first job, I'm still in a groping/fumbling state.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & Career
    停てい電でんで何なにも見みえず、手て探さぐりで懐かい中ちゅう電でん灯とうを探さがした。

    I couldn't see anything due to the power outage, so I groped for the flashlight.

    KMT8Daily Life
    新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつの開かい発はつは、常つねに手て探さぐりの連れん続ぞくだ。

    The development of new technology is always a continuous process of trial and error/groping.

    KMT9Technology
    未み知ちの市し場じょうに参さん入にゅうするのは、手て探さぐりで道みちを探さがすようなものだ。

    Entering an unknown market is like groping for a path.

    KMT9Business & FinanceDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    探
    さぐ.る・さが.す…(1)
    grope・search・look for
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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