Lingaku問う【とう】
Frequency rank: 1,634.
- to ask; to inquire
- to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to pursue (question of responsibility); to charge with
- to care about; to regard as importantused in neg. formsee also 問わず
- to call into question; to doubt; to questionusu. in passive form
Godan verb with 'u' ending (special class); transitive verb
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to ask; to inquire
- to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to pursue (question of responsibility); to charge with
- to care about; to regard as important
- to call into question; to doubt; to question
This meaning is used when seeking information or clarification from someone. It involves posing a question or requesting information.
This meaning refers to holding someone responsible for an issue or problem, implying that there is fault or blame to be assigned.
This usage highlights a sense of concern or importance attributed to someone or something, showing that it matters to the person.
This meaning denotes skepticism or the act of challenging the validity or truth of something, indicating that there is uncertainty or criticism involved.
Generated collocations (experimental)
とう問うこときごう(とうこときごう)the act of askingとい問いをたてる立てるきごう(といをたてるきごう)to pose a questionとう問うてみるきごう(とうてみるきごう)to try to askといかける問いかけるきごう(といかけるきごう)to ask (a question)ぎもん疑問をとう問うきごう(ぎもんをとうきごう)to question a doubtせきにん責任をとう問うきごう(せきにんをとうきごう)to question responsibilityけんり権利をとう問うきごう(けんりをとうきごう)to question rightsもんだい問題をとう問うきごう(もんだいをとうきごう)to question an issueとわれる問われるたちば立場きごう(とわれるたちばきごう)a position in which one is questionedしんじつ真実をとう問うきごう(しんじつをとうきごう)to seek the truthいぎ意義をとう問うきごう(いぎをとうきごう)to question the significance
Example sentences
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The government put the question to the people in a referendum.
2. いんよう引用したもんだい問題ではありませんが、かんけいだいめいし関係代名詞とかんけいふくし関係副詞のつかいわけ使い分けをとう問うもんだい問題がりいでぃんぐリーディングせくしょんセクションにはあります。
The problem quoted isn't one, but there are problems in the reading section that ask you to distinguish relative pronouns from relative adverbs.
Both young and old, men and women, regularly get together at the local bathhouses.
My predecessors had asked their questions of nature with genuine curiosity and awaited her reply.
He stuck his neck out for that idea, and now he's getting all the blame.
He stood for freedom of speech for everyone regardless of color.
A madman is not accountable for his actions.
The concealment of facts by a witness is a criminal offense.
The police charged him with leaking information to a neighboring country.
17. かがくしゃ科学者は、ただしい正しいしつもん質問をといかける問いかけるほうほう方法と、こたえ答えが、きごう「かもしれないきごう」ではなく、じじつじょう事実上、めいかく明確ないえすイエスかのうノーになるほどめいかく明確にそのしつもん質問をのべる述べるほうほう方法をしっていなければ知っていなければならなかったのである。
A scientist had to know how to ask the correct question and to state it so clearly that the answer would be, in effect, a definite yes or no, not "maybe".