暗中摸索[anchuumosaku] groping in the dark
家宅捜索[katakusousaku] premises search
検索[kensaku] looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
鋼索[kousaku] cable
索引[sakuin] index

索具[sakugu] rigging
索条[sakujou] cable
索条鉄道[sakujoutetsudou] cable railway
索然[sakuzen] dry

蕭条[shoujou] dreary
満目蕭条[manmokushoujou] all nature being bleak and desolate
蕭索[shousaku] lonely

蕭寥[shouryou] desolate
蕭々[shoushou] drearily