尋問

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See also: 寻问

Chinese

to search; to look for; to seek to ask
trad. (尋問) 尋 問
simp. (寻问) 寻 问

Pronunciation

Verb

尋問

  1. (literary) to ask about; to make enquiries

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尋 問
じん
Grade: S 		もん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

尋(じん)問(もん) • (jinmon) 

  1. questioning, interrogation
    • 1907, 夏目漱石, 文芸の哲学的基礎:
      尋問(じんもん)に答(こた)えるのが不利益(ふりえき)だと悟(さと)って、いよいよ唖(おし)の真似(まね)をする。
      Jinmon ni kotaeru no ga furieki da to satotte, iyoiyo oshi no mane o suru.
      Realizing that responding to interrogation would do him no good, he played deaf and dumb.
  2. cross examination

Verb

尋(じん)問(もん)する • (jinmon suru) suru (stem 尋(じん)問(もん)し (jinmon shi), past 尋(じん)問(もん)した (jinmon shita))

  1. to question, to interrogate
  2. to cross examine

Conjugation

Conjugation of "尋問する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 尋問し じんもんし jinmon shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 尋問し じんもんし jinmon shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 尋問する じんもんする jinmon suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 尋問する じんもんする jinmon suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 尋問すれ じんもんすれ jinmon sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 尋問せよ¹
尋問しろ² 		じんもんせよ¹
じんもんしろ² 		jinmon seyo¹
jinmon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 尋問される じんもんされる jinmon sareru
Causative 尋問させる
尋問さす 		じんもんさせる
じんもんさす 		jinmon saseru
jinmon sasu
Potential 尋問できる じんもんできる jinmon dekiru
Volitional 尋問しよう じんもんしよう jinmon shiyō
Negative 尋問しない じんもんしない jinmon shinai
Negative continuative 尋問せず じんもんせず jinmon sezu
Formal 尋問します じんもんします jinmon shimasu
Perfective 尋問した じんもんした jinmon shita
Conjunctive 尋問して じんもんして jinmon shite
Hypothetical conditional 尋問すれば じんもんすれば jinmon sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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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