Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 手探り(てさぐり) in Japanese

手探り, 手さぐり
Kana Reading
てさぐり
Romaji
tesaguri
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    fumbling; groping
    Example sentence
    ワタシは背が低い見られないほぼ手探り拭くわけす。 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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Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

11 strokes

grope, search, look for, search, look for

On'Yomi: タン

Kun'Yomi: さぐ.る, さが.す

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JLPT 5

4 strokes

hand

On'Yomi: シュ, ズ

Kun'Yomi: て, て-, -て, た-

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