"模索" meaning in Japanese

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      "form": "もさくする",
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      "form": "mosaku suru",
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      "form": "模索すれ",
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      "form": "もさくすれ",
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      "form": "mosaku sure",
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      "form": "模索せよ",
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      "form": "模索される",
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      "form": "もさくされる",
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      "form": "mosaku sareru",
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      "form": "模索させる",
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      "form": "模索さす",
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      "form": "もさくさせる",
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      "form": "もさくさす",
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      "form": "mosaku saseru",
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      "form": "mosaku sasu",
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      "form": "模索できる",
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      "form": "もさくできる",
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      "form": "mosaku dekiru",
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      "form": "模索しよう",
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      "form": "もさくしよう",
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      "form": "mosaku shiyō",
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      "form": "模索しない",
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      "form": "もさくしない",
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      "form": "mosaku shinai",
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      "form": "模索せず",
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      "form": "もさくせず",
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      "form": "mosaku sezu",
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      "form": "模索します",
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      "form": "もさくします",
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      "form": "mosaku shimasu",
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      "form": "模索した",
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      "form": "もさくした",
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      "form": "mosaku shita",
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      "form": "模索して",
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      "ipa": "[mo̞sa̠kɯ̟]"
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      "form": "模索される",
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      "form": "もさくされる",
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      "form": "模索させる",
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      "form": "mosaku saseru",
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      "form": "模索できる",
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      "form": "もさくできる",
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      "form": "mosaku shinai",
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      "form": "模索します",
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      "form": "もさくします",
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    {
      "form": "mosaku shimasu",
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      "form": "模索した",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mosaku shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "模索して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もさくして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mosaku shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "模索すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もさくすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mosaku sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to grope, to fumble for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grope",
          "grope"
        ],
        [
          "fumble",
          "fumble"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "もさく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞sa̠kɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "模索"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "模索"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "模索",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "模索"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "模索",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "模索"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "模索",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "模索"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "模索",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "模索"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "模索",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "模索"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "模索",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "模索"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "模索",
  "trace": ""
}