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手探り[てさぐり] (tesaguri)

groping

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Meaning

手探り (てさぐり, tesaguri) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “groping”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

暗闇くらやみを手探てさぐりで進すすみました

I went forward groping in the dark.

暗闇くらやみを手探てさぐりで歩あるいた

I walked in the dark, feeling my way as I went.

懐中かいちゅう電灯でんとうを手探てさぐりで探さがした。

I groped for a flashlight.

彼かれらは手探てさぐりで進すすみ続つづけた。

They kept on feeling their way.

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