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According to the internet, to say you try an action you need to use the
volitional form + _to suru_. So _miroutosuru_ is "to try to see". But what
about _suru_ verbs like _ryouri suru_ ("to cook")?
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How do you "try" a suru verb? Like "to try to cook"
You can simply follow that rule. The volitional form of _suru_ is _siyou_ , so
you can say _ryouri siyou to suru_ (料理しようとする). There is nothing wrong if there
are two suru's.

By the way, the volitional form of _miru_ is not _mirou_ but _miyou_. _Miru_
is a vowel-stem verb.
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A _suru_ verb consists of a noun + _suru_. All conjugation is done on _suru_.

If you want to use the construction _-(y)ō to suru_ , on a _suru_ verb like
_ryōri suru_ , you have to find the volitional of _suru_ , which is _shiyō_ ,
giving

> 料理しようとする _ryōri shiyō to suru_

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There is also a different construction for "to try to [verb]", namely, _-te
miru_. Again, for a _suru_ verb, you would find the _te_ -form of _suru_ ,
which is _shite_ , giving

> 料理してみる _ryōri shite miru_

For the difference between these two constructions for "to try to" you can
read the question [What is the difference between "verb＋て＋みる" and
"verb＋(よ)う+とする"?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/19038/1628)

Depending on the context, the second construction 料理してみる might actually be
more appropriate.
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