Entry · September 8, 2026

試行錯誤

#yojijukugo #japanese #problem-solving

試行錯誤 (Shikō Sakugo): Trying different approaches, learning from mistakes, and finding a solution through repeated effort.

An illustration of the yojijukugo 試行錯誤 (Shikō Sakugo) showing a five-step comic strip of a boy building a small toy car: thinking with a lightbulb idea (考える, 'think'), trying it out (やってみる, 'try it'), it not working with a tangled scribble overhead (うまくいかない, 'not working'), reviewing notes in a notebook while thinking 'let's try this' (見直す, 'review'), and finally punching the air with a finished car on the table and the exclamation やっとできた (できた！, 'done at last').