探る (さぐる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

探る (さぐる) means to search / to look for / to investigate.

See example sentences below.

探る at a glance

探る

さぐるsaguru

N2verb

to search / to look for / to investigate

探るさぐるsaguruN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to search / to look for / to investigate

Example 1

財布の中をさぐってみた。

Translation

I tried searching inside my wallet.

Example 2

相手の気持ちをさぐる会話をした。

Translation

We had a conversation to sound out the other person's feelings.