How to say "hunt" in Japanese

• 探索たんさくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'hunt' in the sense of a search: looking for information, a solution, or something lost or hidden. It is not the word for pursuing animals; that meaning belongs to 狩り.
  その島しまは隅々すみずみまで探索たんさくされている。↗

  Every part of the island has been explored.
• 狩りかりCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)Covers 'hunt' in its literal sense: pursuing and catching or killing animals, as in game hunting or shooting. It is not used for the searching sense of 'hunt'.
  男おとこたちはライオン狩かりに出でかけた。↗

  The men went hunting for lions.

Use 「狩り」 for the literal hunt of animals or game, and 探索 when 'hunt' means a search — looking for information, a solution, or something hidden or missing.

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• 探索たんさくsearch
• 狩りかりhunting
• 狩るかるto hunt (animals)
• ハントhunt
• 巻狩りまきがりhunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters)
• 獲るとるto catch (a wild animal or fish)
• 求めるもとめるto seek