Word Meaning 探査

たんさ tansa

探査 is read as たんさ (tansa) and means probe.

Meaning

English

  1. probe
  2. inquiry
  3. enquiry
  4. investigation

Reading

Kana

たんさ

Romaji

tansa

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 13806 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

探査機

たんさき

(space) probe

探査船

たんさせん

research vessel

有人探査

ゆうじんたんさ

manned mission (e.g. space probe)

無人探査

むじんたんさ

unmanned probing

石油探査

せきゆたんさ

oil exploration

海底探査

かいていたんさ

seabed probe

宇宙探査

うちゅうたんさ

space exploration

惑星探査

わくせいたんさ

planetary exploration

浸透探傷検査

しんとうたんしょうけんさ

penetrant inspection

物理探査学会

ぶつりたんさがっかい

Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan

無人探査機

むじんたんさき

unmanned probe (vessel, spacecraft, etc.)

月面探査車

げつめんたんさしゃ

lunar rover

Example Sentences

3

We are exploring Mars.

Vikings 1 and 2 became the first space probes to successfully land on the surface of Mars.

The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith, paving the way for human exploration of the Red Planet.