試し – vocab dash

試ためし

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Meanings

Noun

1. trial; test; try

Kanji used

試test

Pitch accent

ためし

Used in vocabulary

力ちから試だめし

test of one's strength; test of one's ability

Noun

腕うで試だめし

trying one's ability

Noun

試ためし切ぎり

trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)

Noun

五ご分ぶ試だめし

killing by inches

Noun

運うん試だめし

trying one's luck; test of one's luck

Noun

試ためし算ざん

checking a calculation

Noun

度ど胸きょう試だめし

putting one's courage to the test

Noun

肝きも試だめし

test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)

Noun

試ためし割わり

breaking bricks, etc.

Noun

試ためし刷ずり

test print; test sheet; trial print run

Noun

試ためしに

as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

Adverb

試ためし買がい

trial purchase; buying on trial

Noun

Examples11

私わたしは試ためしにその山やまに登のぼってみた。

I tried climbing the mountain.

ためしにそれを１ヶか月げつ使つかってみよう。

Let's take it for a month on trial.

ものは試ためしだよ。

You'll never know unless you try.

私わたしはためしに小しょう説せつを書かいてみた。

I tried writing a novel.

物ものは試ためし。

You'll never know unless you try.

試ためしに左ひだり手てで書かいてみた。

I tried writing with my left hand.