検索

けんさく

looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference

What does 検索 mean?

検索 is a Japanese noun meaning looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference in English. It is written as 検索 in kanji, けんさく in hiragana, and kensaku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

政府はその問題の決定案をまだ検索中だ。

The government is still groping for a solution to the problem.