Word Meaning 探り

さぐり saguri

探り is read as さぐり (saguri) and means sounding.

Meaning

English

  1. sounding
  2. probing
  3. probe
  4. stylet
  5. spy

Reading

Kana

さぐり

Romaji

saguri

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 24263 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

探す

さがす

to search (a house, pocket, etc.)

探し回る

さがしまわる

to search about for

探究

たんきゅう

research

探る

さぐる

to explore (parts unknown)

探知

たんち

detection

探し物

さがしもの

object being sought

探訪

たんぼう

searching

探求

たんきゅう

search

探知機

たんちき

detector

探し求める

さがしもとめる

to search for

探究心

たんきゅうしん

inquisitive mind

探し出す

さがしだす

to track down

Example Sentences

9

They kept on feeling their way.

The nurse hit a blood vessel.

He felt his way through the darkness.

I lost the manual, and so I put it together by feeling my way around.

I felt for the light switch in the dark.

The cave was so dark that they had to feel their way.

I'm short, so I can't see on top of the shelves and so I pretty much dust by touch.

If there's a good way to sound out whether a woman has a boyfriend or not please tell me.

The room was so dark that we had to feel our way to the door.