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jmdict 1418220 Active (id: 1148597)
探し出す捜し出す探しだす捜しだすさがし出す
さがしだす
1. [v5s,vt]
▶ to track down
▶ to locate
▶ to find out
▶ to smoke out
▶ to ferret out
▶ to chase up
▶ to discover

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2013-10-16 05:40:35  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2013-10-12 22:58:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ngrams.
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +9,6 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>探しだす</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>捜しだす</keb>
3. A 2013-10-12 21:47:31  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2013-10-06 16:20:14  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijr, GG5, etc.
  Comments:
Ordering as per the ngrams.
Only GG5 has 探し出す, and it only uses it in one example. As in the sagasu entry, I suspect there is a wanted/lost nuance between the use of 探 and 捜 but I can't prove it.
  Diff:
@@ -5,1 +5,1 @@
-<keb>捜し出す</keb>
+<keb>探し出す</keb>
@@ -8,1 +8,1 @@
-<keb>探し出す</keb>
+<keb>捜し出す</keb>
1. A* 2013-10-06 13:25:44  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5 Genius koj
  Comments:
Merge from 1851790:
* Add alt. kanji 探し出す
* Merge glosses, add
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +5,3 @@
+<keb>捜し出す</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -6,0 +9,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>さがし出す</keb>
@@ -13,0 +19,2 @@
+<gloss>to track down</gloss>
+<gloss>to locate</gloss>
@@ -17,0 +25,1 @@
+<gloss>to discover</gloss>

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