問い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
問
と
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
問

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 問(と)う (tou).

Pronunciation

Noun

問(と)い • (toi) 

  1. question, inquiry

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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