Japanese Verbs - Suru Verbs

For Upper Beginners and Intermediate learners

Kensaku（検索）

Noun

Verb

to search, look up, find (on the Internt, in the document)

[person] wa [Internet] de [word] o kensaku suru

[person] wa [search engine] de [word] o kensaku suru

[person] wa [document] no [word] o kensaku suru

Almost all of the Suru-Verbs can be followed by the particle "o"; ○○ suru / ○○ o suru

Example sentences

Netto de Hakone no ryokan o kensaku suru.

netto de on the Internet, -de means, method marker; by, with, on
Hakone place name (tourist spot), ryokan Japanese style hotel

Google de "Hakone", "Roten-buro" o kensaku shita.
Kekka ga takusan detekita.

Google de on Google, roten-buro open-air (hot spring) bath, outdoor bath, cf. o-furo bath, bath room
kekka result, takusan many, a lot of, detekuru to come up, appear

Kensaku shita kedo, hoshii joohoo ga detekonai.
Kiiwaado o kaete miru.

-kedo but, hoshii I want (something), joohoo information
detekonai nai form of detekuru; come up, appear
kiiwaado keyword, kaete te form of kaeru; change, replace
-te miru try to do, try doing (and see how it is)

Kensaku-kekka ga oo-sugiru.
Jooken o kaete, kensaku-kekka o shiborikomu.

kensaku-kekka search results, kekka result, oo-sugiru too many, too much
ooi many, a lot, [stem] + sugiru too many, too much
jooken condition, terms, requirement / criteria, filtering, kaete te form of kaeru; change, replace
shiborikomu to narrow down, filter

Kensaku-enjin o Google kara Yahoo ni kaeta.
Kensaku-kekka wa kekkoo chigau.

kensaku-enjin search engine, enjin engine, kaeta ta form of kaeru; change, replace
kensaku-kekka search results, kekka result
kekkoo [na/adv] quite, pretty, chigau to be wrong / be different

WORD no bunsho de goku o kensaku suru ni wa ...
"Kensaku" o kurikku shite ...
Tekisuto-bokkusu ni goku o nyuuryoku suru.

WORD (Waado) Microsoft WORD, bunsho documents, goku words and phrases
-ni wa for doing, in order to do, kurikku [sv] click, shite te form of suru (used as a conjunction "and")
tekisuto-bokkusu text box, nyuuryoku [sv] input, type in, koodo [na] advanced, high-level

Practice the following words

	1.	kensaku[sv] to search, look up, find
	2.	kensaku-kekkasearch results
	3.	kekkaresult
	4.	kensaku-enjinsearch engine
	5.	enjinengine
	6.	netto deon the Internet
	7.	GoogleGoogle
	8.	YahooYahoo
	9.	Hakoneplace name (tourist spot)
	10.	ryokanJapanese style hotel
	11.	roten-buro open-air (hot spring) bath, outdoor bath
	12.	[cf.] o-furo / furobath, bath room
	13.	[cf.] onsenhot spring, hot spring bath
	14.	takusanmany, a lot of
	15.	detekimasu / detekuruto come up, appear
	16.	hoshiiI want (something)
	17.	joohooinformation, data, report
	18.	kiiwaadokeyword

	19.	kaemasu / kaeruto change, replace
	20.	oo-sugirutoo many, too much
	21.	ooimany, a lot
	22.	[stem] + sugimasu / sugirutoo many, too much
	23.	jooken condition, terms, requirement / criteria, filtering
	24.	shiborikomimasu / shiborikomu to narrow down, filter
	25.	kekkoo[na/adv] quite, rather, pretty
	26.	chigaimasu / chigauto be wrong / be different
	27.	WORD (Waado)Microsoft WORD
	28.	bunshodocuments
	29.	gokuwords and phrases
	30.	... suru ni wafor doing, in order to do
	31.	kurikku[sv] click
	32.	tekisuto-bokkusutext box
	33.	tekisutotextbook, text
	34.	bokkusubox
	35.	nyuuryoku[sv] input, type in
	36.	koodo[na] advanced, high-level

Functional patterns used in the sentences (Chapter numbers are from Building Up Conversation)

kiiwaado o kaete miru
verb te form + -te mimasu:try to do and find out, try to do and see how it is

Level 3 Chapter 2

kensaku-kekka ga oo-sugiru
stem + sugimasu:too big, too small, do too much, and so on.

Level 3 Chapter 4

jooken o kakete / "kensaku" o kurikku shite
te form -te / -kute / -de:used as a conjunction "and" or "so"

Level 2 Chapter 6

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