宝探し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宝	探
たから Grade: 6	さが Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
寶探し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 宝 (takara, “treasure”) +‎ 探し (sagashi, “search”).

Noun

宝(たから)探(さが)し • (takarasagashi) 

1. treasure hunt
   • 2015 September 21, Daniel Morales, “When translation gets tough, bow to the ‘Green Goddess’”, in The Japan Times‎^[1] (in English), retrieved 2023-04-11:

     My best advice for translators is to consider looking up definitions as a sort of takarasagashi (宝探し, treasure hunt).