Lingaku試みる【こころみる】
Frequency rank: 4,088. – 4,090.
- to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
Ichidan verb; transitive verb
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
This meaning is used when someone endeavors to do something, especially when it involves making an effort or taking a risk.
Generated collocations (experimental)
こころみる試みることthe act of attemptingあたらしい新しいことをこころみる試みるto try something newこころみる試みるきかい機会opportunity to attemptなんど何度もこころみる試みるto attempt multiple timesしっぱいをおそれ失敗を恐れずにこころみる試みるto try without fearing failureちょうせん挑戦してこころみる試みるto challenge and attemptこころみ試みをつづける続けるto continue the attemptせっきょくてき積極的にこころみる試みるto proactively tryじっけんてき実験的にこころみる試みるto attempt experimentallyかこ過去のこころみ試みpast attempts
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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I tried cycling to work for a while but I didn't take to it.
The U.S. Government made an attempt to open Japan's doors.
No matter how hard he tries, my opinion won't change.
Since he could not work out the problem that way, he tried another way.
He failed in his attempt to swim across the river.