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検索けんさく

kensaku

search

N3

How to remember this word

検索 is hunting through data for a match — the search bar, the query. ググる is slang; 検索 is the proper word on every website.

Example sentences

Example 1

wakaranai kotoba o netto de kensaku shimashita.

I searched online for a word I did not know.

Example 2

kono kotoba wa kensaku shite mo nakanaka dete kimasen.

Even if you search for this word, it does not come up easily.