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かれ
彼
は
くらやみ
暗闇
で
でんとう
電灯
のスイッチを
てさぐ
手探
りで
さが
探
した。
He was feeling for the light switch in the dark.
Grammar and points of interest
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direct object marker
彼は暗闇で電灯のスイッチを手探りで探した。
Conjugations and inflections
  探した is the past form of 'su' godan verb 探す   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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く ら や み 0
noun
darkness; the dark
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で ん と う 0
noun
electric light
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ス イ ッ チ 1 ス イ ッ チ 2
Most common form: スィッチ
switch
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て さ ぐ り 2
fumbling; groping
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さ が す 0 さ が す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to search (for something desired, needed); to look for  (esp. 探す)
2. to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)  (esp. 捜す)
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
暗
アン   くらい dark   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
闇
やみ darkness   
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門
モン   かど gate   
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電
デン    electricity   
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电
electricity
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乚
second   おつ    
⻗
フ   あめ rain   
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灯
トウ   ひ lamp   
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丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
火
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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丷
eight
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
探
タン   さぐる to grope for   さがす to search for   
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扌
hand
罙
net in the tree
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㓁
net
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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