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試す [ichi1,news1,nf18] 験す [rK]
ためす [ichi1,news1,nf18]
1. [v5s,vt]
▶ to try (out)
▶ to have a try (at)
▶ to test
▶ to put to the test

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2022-09-23 18:57:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2022-09-21 12:28:04  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, luminous, daij
  Comments:
GG5 has "attempt" but I don't think it's a good fit. It's not used in any of the example sentences and the EJs only have "試みる" for "attempt".
  Diff:
@@ -23 +23,2 @@
-<gloss>to attempt</gloss>
+<gloss>to try (out)</gloss>
+<gloss>to have a try (at)</gloss>
@@ -25 +26 @@
-<gloss>to try out</gloss>
+<gloss>to put to the test</gloss>
2. A 2022-09-20 20:40:27  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2022-09-20 20:20:14  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 試す  │ 894,280 │ 93.3% │
│ 験す  │   1,326 │  0.1% │ 🡠 rK (gg5, iwanami)
│ ためす │  63,407 │  6.6% │
╰─ーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>

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