As I’m not a native english speaker (german) I’m not sure about these two as they are translated the same in german (“versuchen”).
Is 試みる more “trying a new dish” and 試す “I’m trying to jump over this hole”?
That would be an entirely different phrasing. ～ようとする
穴を飛び越えようとする (to try to jump over a hole)
試す means something like “to put something to a test”
力を試す (to test one’s strength)
試みる is like “to try to do something,” but it’s a bit different from ～ようとする
不時着を試みる (to attempt an emergency landing)
脱出を試みる (to attempt an escape)
Sorry if I can’t explain it well.
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Thank you, that helped.
Just one more question: How do you write furigana above the Kanji O.o
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In general you use Ruby code like this
kanji <ruby>kanji<rp>(</rp><rt>furigana</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>
Then there are also two scripts to make it easier
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[Userscript] Forum: IME2Furigana
This one works with your IME to add the proper furigana
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[Userscript] Easy Furigana
This one lets you put whatever you want as the kanji and furigana, and lets you convert multiple instances at once
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That would be the ～てみる construction - trying something out to see what it’s like.
食べてみる, in this particular example.