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Grammar detail: verb volitional form + とする

verb volitional form + とする
try to do
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verb volitional form + とする
means
to try to do ~
or
to be about to do ~
かれ
彼
はその
もんだい
問題
を
かいけつ
解決
しよう
としたが、
しっぱい
失敗
した
。
He tried to solve the problem, only to fail.
かれ
彼
はどうしても
じぶん
自分
の
おも
思
い
どお
通
り
にしようとする。
He will have his own way.
わたし
私
は
かのじょ
彼女
の
め
目
を
み
見
る
のを
さ
避
けようとした
。
I tried to avoid looking at her eyes.
かれ
彼
にお
かね
金
を
かえ
返
そう
とするたびに、「いらないよ」と
い
言
われる
。
Whenever I try to give the money back to him, he says "I don't need it".
####The difference between ようとする and てみる
This form means try in the sense of 'attempt to do something in order to achieve a goal'. This is in contrast to てみる, which means 'to try something out (to see if you like it or are good at it)'.
Since the senses are different, they can actually be combined - to try out trying to do something! For example:
ひだりて
左手
で
か
書
いてみようとした
。
I had a go at writing with my left hand.
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Kanji used in this grammar

彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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問
モン   とい question   とう to ask   とん wholesale   
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題
ダイ    topic   
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解
カイ   ゲ   とく to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve   
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決
ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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失
シツ   うしなう to lose   
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敗
ハイ   defeated   やぶれる to be defeated, frustrated   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
分
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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思
シ   おもう to think   
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通
ツ   ツウ   とおる to pass through   とおす to let pass   かよう to commute   
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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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避
ヒ   さける to avoid   
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金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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返
ヘン   かえる to return, to come back   かえす to return (something)   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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左
サ   ひだり left   
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手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
書
ショ   かく to write   
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