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捜索 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
捜索
BOOST
Reading : そうさく   
search (esp. for someone or something missing); investigation
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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捜索 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 49,000 (about 9,750,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6083
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
じこ
事故
げんいん
原因
まだ
そうさくちゅう
捜索中

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
けいさつ
警察
ぬす
まれた
くつ
ないその
いえ
そうさく
捜索
した

The police searched that house to be sure the stolen shoes were not there.
あらし
ため
ゆくえ
行方
ふめい
不明
こども
子供
そうさく
捜索
できなかった
The storm hindered us from searching for the missing child.
そうさく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 92,000 (about 2,360,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ソウ   さが to search   
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シン   もう to say   
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stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
また again   
hand
サク    searching   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
cover; covered   
シ   いと thread   
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