Japanese

つけだす

みつけだす
Meaning: to find out; to discover after searching
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 見つけだす 見つけださない
Polite 見つけだします 見つけだしません
Past 見つけだした 見つけださなかった
Polite + Past 見つけだしました 見つけだしませんでした
Te-form 見つけだして 見つけださなくて
Potential 見つけだせる 見つけだせない
Passive 見つけだされる 見つけだされない
Causative 見つけださせる 見つけださせない
Imperative 見つけだせ 見つけだすな

Handwriting

見
つ
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だ
す

Example

The researcher found the answer in old documents.

Usage Notes

Compared with 見つける, 見つけだす often stresses the effort of searching until the thing is finally found.

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