問う – Vocabulary details

問とう

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, transitive)

1. to ask; to inquire

お父とう様さまに問とわれて、私わたしは小ちいさな声こえで答こたえた。When asked by my father, I answered in a small voice.

2. to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to pursue (question of responsibility); to charge with

国くには会かい社しゃの責せき任にんを問とう方ほう針しんだ。The government intends to hold the company responsible.

3. to care about; to regard as important

used in neg. form

方ほう法ほうは問とわない。I don't care how you do it.

4. to call into question; to doubt; to question

usu. in passive form

この事じ件けんで、警けい察さつの対たい応おうが問とわれている。This incident has called the police's handling of it into question.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

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question

Pitch accent

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Conjugations...Used in: 4273

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

罪つみに問とう

to accuse someone; to charge someone

鼎かなえの軽けい重ちょうを問とう

to call someone's ability into question; to doubt a ruler's competence

信しんを問とう

to make an appeal to the confidence of

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Examples (25 in total)

方ほう法ほうは問とわない。

I don't care how you do it.

何なにかしら責せき任にんは問とわれるだろう。

They'll probably be held liable in some way.

総そう合ごう力りょくが問とわれます。

Overall ability is tested.

手しゅ腕わんが問とわれるところだ。

This is where one's skill is tested.

もし用よう意いできても、理り由ゆうを問とわれる。

Even if you can prepare it, you will be asked for the reason.

会かい社しゃの信しん頼らいが問とわれる事じ態たいだ。

It is a situation that calls the company's trustworthiness into question.

男だん女じょ問とわず見みとれてしまうだろう。

Anyone, regardless of gender, would be captivated.

作さく品ひんのジャンルや年ねん代だいは問とわないわ。

I don't care about the genre or era of the work.

彼かの女じょは殺さつ人じん罪ざいに問とわれるべきだ。

She should be charged with murder.

この男おとこは窃せっ盗とう罪ざいに問とわれた。

This man was charged with theft.

この事じ件けんで、警けい察さつの対たい応おうが問とわれている。

This incident has called the police's handling of it into question.

彼かれのリーダーとしての能のう力りょくが問とわれている。

His ability as a leader is being called into question.

どちらの意い味みかは問とわず、ただ肯こう定ていした。

Regardless of which meaning it was, I simply affirmed it.

国くには会かい社しゃの責せき任にんを問とう方ほう針しんだ。

The government intends to hold the company responsible.

その責せき任にんを問とう声こえが高たかまっています。

There are growing calls to hold them responsible for it.

あなたの人じん種しゅ、年ねん齢れい、宗しゅう教きょうは問といません。

I don't care about your race or age or religion.

ただし、そこへ至いたるまでの方ほう法ほうは問とわない。

However, the method used to get there does not matter.

お父とう様さまに問とわれて、私わたしは小ちいさな声こえで答こたえた。

When asked by my father, I answered in a small voice.

年ねん齢れいを問とわず人ひと々びとはこの歌うたが好すきだ。

People of all ages like this song.

時じ代だいや民みん族ぞくを問とわず、同おなじことが言いえるでしょう。

The same can be said regardless of era or ethnicity.

理り由ゆうの是ぜ非ひを問とうなどと、無む駄だの極きわみだ。

Questioning the merits of the reasons is the height of futility.

黒くろを基き調ちょうとしていれば形かたちは問とわない。

As long as it's predominantly black, the shape doesn't matter.

それは今いまでも男だん女じょを問とわず愛あい読どくされている本ほんです。

It is, even now, a book loved by men and women alike.

ならば、本ほん人にん達たちに直ちょく接せつ問とうのが筋すじというものだろう。

In that case, it is only proper to ask the individuals themselves directly.

彼かれはそうごまかすように手てを振ふるので、私わたしはそれ以い上じょうは問とえなかった。