探り|さぐりsaguri[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounsounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy

• Synonym内偵ないていFormalFormal; covert investigation and intelligence gathering kept hidden from the target, used by police and companies alike.
• Synonym偵察ていさつWrittenWritten/formal prose; quietly scouting an enemy's or opponent's movements, mostly in military contexts and matches.
• Synonym詮索せんさくWrittenWritten/formal prose; prying persistently into other people's private affairs, often with a negative nuance.
• Related探索たんさくWrittenWritten/formal prose; a search for something unknown or for someone's whereabouts — broader in scope than 「探り」.
• Related捜査そうさFormalFormal; a police investigation of crime, as in 「捜査本部」.
• Related調べしらべNeutralNeutral and wide-ranging, covering investigation and inspection; 「取り調べ」 means interrogation, and it can also mean a tune or melody.
• Related調査ちょうさWrittenAt home in both speech and writing; centers on clarifying the actual state of a situation.
• Related検討けんとうWrittenCareful study and discussion, examining a matter from many angles to judge its feasibility — not covert probing.
• Related査察ささつFormalFormal; on-site checks of whether rules are being followed, e.g. a tax inspection.
• Related審査しんさFormalFormal; screening to judge whether something passes or qualifies, e.g. immigration screening.
• Related捜索そうさくWrittenWritten/formal prose; searching for missing people or things; also a legally authorized search.
• Related追及ついきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose; pressing someone about responsibility or fault, as in 「責任を追及する」.
• Related究明きゅうめいFormalFormal; thoroughly getting to the truth or cause of something, as in 「真相究明」.
• Related工作員こうさくいんFormalFormal; an operative engaged in covert intelligence work or sabotage.
• Related考査こうさFormalFormal; testing and evaluating ability or academic skill, mostly school tests.
• Related考証こうしょうFormalFormal; scholarly examination based on historical sources, as in 「時代考証」.
• Related吟味ぎんみWrittenClose, careful examination and selection, savoring and weighing each element, as in 「材料を吟味する」.
• Related諜報ちょうほうFormalFormal; secretly gathering enemy intelligence, or the intelligence itself — military or national level.
• Related追究ついきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose; pursuing truth or scholarship; sounds identical to 「追及」.
• Related検分けんぶんWrittenWritten/formal prose; personally going on site to inspect and confirm.
• RelatedスパイNeutralColloquial loanword for a spy — someone who secretly gathers intelligence.
• Related密偵みっていFormalFormal; a secret agent, or the act of secretly probing into inside affairs.

To sound out another person's intentions or probe a situation, use 「探り」, often as 「探りを入れる」. For a police criminal investigation choose 「捜査」; to establish the actual facts, 「調査」; to pry into private matters, 「詮索」. The rest are field-specific: searching (「探索」, 「捜索」), screening and review (「審査」, 「査察」, 「検討」, 「吟味」), espionage and reconnaissance (「スパイ」, 「密偵」, 「工作員」, 「諜報」, 「内偵」, 「偵察」), and scholarly or official inquiry (「究明」, 「追究」, 「考査」, 「考証」, 「検分」, 「追及」).

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. さぐること。
2. 間諜かんちょう。探偵たんてい。
3. ゾンデ。
4. 隙間すきまゲージ。