"質問" meaning in Japanese

See 質問 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕi̥t͡sɨmõ̞ɴ] Forms: 質問 [canonical] (ruby: (しつ), (もん)), shitsumon [romanization]
Etymology: Ultimately from Middle Chinese 質問 (MC tsyit mjunH, literally “quality + ask”), apparently borrowed later as a learned borrowing from Literary Chinese of the same source term. First attested in 1771. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=しつもん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|質問|id=2,1|lit=quality + ask}} 質問 (MC tsyit mjunH, literally “quality + ask”), {{lbor|ja|lzh|-|nocap=1|sort=しつもん}} learned borrowing from Literary Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|しつもん}} 質(しつ)問(もん) • (shitsumon)
  1. a question Synonyms: 疑問 (english: implies that there is a [[doubt]] about something)
    Sense id: en-質問-ja-noun-MjA3FriP

Verb

IPA: [ɕi̥t͡sɨmõ̞ɴ]
Etymology: Ultimately from Middle Chinese 質問 (MC tsyit mjunH, literally “quality + ask”), apparently borrowed later as a learned borrowing from Literary Chinese of the same source term. First attested in 1771. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=しつもん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|質問|id=2,1|lit=quality + ask}} 質問 (MC tsyit mjunH, literally “quality + ask”), {{lbor|ja|lzh|-|nocap=1|sort=しつもん}} learned borrowing from Literary Chinese Forms: 質問する [canonical] (ruby: (しつ), (もん)), shitsumon suru [romanization], 質問し [stem] (ruby: (しつ), (もん)), 質問した [past] (ruby: (しつ), (もん)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 質問し [error-unrecognized-form], しつもんし [error-unrecognized-form], shitsumon shi [error-unrecognized-form], 質問する [error-unrecognized-form], しつもんする [error-unrecognized-form], shitsumon suru [error-unrecognized-form], 質問すれ [error-unrecognized-form], しつもんすれ [error-unrecognized-form], shitsumon sure [error-unrecognized-form], 質問せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 質問しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], しつもんせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], しつもんしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], shitsumon seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], shitsumon shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 質問される [passive], しつもんされる [passive], shitsumon sareru [passive], 質問させる [causative], 質問さす [causative], しつもんさせる [causative], しつもんさす [causative], shitsumon saseru [causative], shitsumon sasu [causative], 質問できる [potential], しつもんできる [potential], shitsumon dekiru [potential], 質問しよう [volitional], しつもんしよう [volitional], shitsumon shiyō [volitional], 質問しない [negative], しつもんしない [negative], shitsumon shinai [negative], 質問せず [continuative, negative], しつもんせず [continuative, negative], shitsumon sezu [continuative, negative], 質問します [formal], しつもんします [formal], shitsumon shimasu [formal], 質問した [perfective], しつもんした [perfective], shitsumon shita [perfective], 質問して [conjunctive], しつもんして [conjunctive], shitsumon shite [conjunctive], 質問すれば [conditional, hypothetical], しつもんすれば [conditional, hypothetical], shitsumon sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to ask a question Synonyms: 聞く, 問う, 尋ねる, 伺う [humble]
    Sense id: en-質問-ja-verb-XZfO8tdB Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82
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  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Middle Chinese 質問 (MC tsyit mjunH, literally “quality + ask”), apparently borrowed later as a learned borrowing from Literary Chinese of the same source term.\nFirst attested in 1771.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "質問する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "質",
          "しつ"
        ],
        [
          "問",
          "もん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問し",
      "roman": "shitsumon shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "質",
          "しつ"
        ],
        [
          "問",
          "もん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問した",
      "roman": "shitsumon shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "質",
          "しつ"
        ],
        [
          "問",
          "もん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "質問すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しつもんすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitsumon sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ask a question"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "聞く"
        },
        {
          "word": "問う"
        },
        {
          "word": "尋ねる"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "humble"
          ],
          "word": "伺う"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しつもん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥t͡sɨmõ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "質問"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 質問 meaning in Japanese (8.4kB)

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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
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}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "質問",
  "trace": ""
}

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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "質問",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "質問"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "質問",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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}

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