検索|けんさくkensaku[0]heiban (flat)
This browser can't play pronunciations (needs Safari 18.4 or later, or Chrome / Edge / Firefox).
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verblooking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 検索する（けんさくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 検索します（けんさくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 検索しない（けんさくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 検索しません（けんさくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 検索せず・検索せぬ（けんさくせず・けんさくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 検索した（けんさくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 検索しました（けんさくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 検索しなかった（けんさくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 検索しませんでした（けんさくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 検索して（けんさくして） |
| Potential | 検索できる（けんさくできる） |
| Passive | 検索される（けんさくされる） |
| Causative | 検索させる（けんさくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 検索させられる（けんさくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 検索すれば（けんさくすれば） |
| tara | 検索したら（けんさくしたら） |
| Volitional | 検索しよう（けんさくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 検索しましょう（けんさくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 検索しろ（けんさくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymサーチNeutralLoanword meaning 'search', as in 「サーチエンジン」; mostly appears in compounds, and 「検索」 is the more common everyday choice.
- Synonym探索たんさくWrittenWritten/formal prose word for exploring unknown territory, as in 「宇宙探索」; it suits uncharted fields rather than looking up data.
- Synonym調べるしらべるNeutralNeutral verb for looking something up or checking into it, as in 「辞書で調べる」; the everyday spoken choice for checking information.
- Synonym探すさがすNeutralNeutral verb for looking for something, as in 「鍵を探す」 or 「仕事を探す」; the object need not be a physical thing.
- Related調べしらべNeutralNeutral noun for an investigation or examination, as in 「警察の調べ」 or 「調べがつく」; common in writing as well.
- Related調査ちょうさWrittenWritten/formal prose word for a systematic investigation that gathers information, as in 「市場調査」.
- Related参照さんしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose word for consulting or cross-checking materials, as in 「別表を参照」; it centers on comparing against sources.
- Related探求たんきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose word for pursuing a goal or ideal, as in 「真理の探求」; it stresses the quest itself, not looking up data.
- Related探究たんきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose word for deep, often academic inquiry, as in 「原因を探究」; it means studying something thoroughly.
- Related捜索そうさくWrittenWritten/formal prose word for searching for missing people or things, or a legally authorized search, as in 「行方不明者の捜索」「家宅捜索」.
Use 「検索」 for finding information in a database or online, as in 「ネットで検索」 and 「検索エンジン」. For everyday checking say 「調べる」, for looking for things 「探す」, and for search-and-rescue or police searches 「捜索」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
English equivalents
See also
