"問う" meaning in 日語

See 問う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [to̞ɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: ⟨to₁pu⟩ → */tʷopu/ → /toɸu/ → /tou/ 源自上古日語 とふ (tofu)。 Forms: 問う [canonical] (ruby: ()), tou [romanization], とふ, 問い (ruby: ()), 問うた [past] (ruby: ()), 問わ [imperfective], 問い [continuative], 問え [hypothetical], 問え [imperative], 問われる [passive], 問わせる [causative], 問わす [causative], 問える [potential], 問おう [volitional], 問わない [negative], 問わず [negative, continuative], 問います [formal], 問うた [perfective], 問うて [conjunctive], 問えば [hypothetical, conditional], 問は [imperfective], 問ひ [continuative], 問ふ [terminal], 問ふ [attributive], 問へ, 問へ [imperative], 問はず [negative], 問へど, 問へば, 問はば, 問ひき, 問ひけり, 問ひつ, 問ひぬ, 問へり, 問ひたり, 問はむ [volitional]
  1. 詢問,打聽
    Sense id: zh-問う-ja-verb-ILDUdLIH
  2. 追究,追查
    Sense id: zh-問う-ja-verb-G185r-VM
  3. (常用否定形式)構成问题
    Sense id: zh-問う-ja-verb-ipZpcTRV Categories (other): 有使用例的日語詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 訪う (tou) (ruby: ()), 問い (toi) (ruby: ()) Related terms: 洋の東西を問わず (yō no tōzai o towazu) (ruby: (よう), (とう), 西(ざい), ())
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  "categories": [
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      "parents": [],
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    {
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      "source": "w"
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日語及物動詞",
      "parents": [],
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有三年級漢字的日語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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      "kind": "other",
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      "source": "w"
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    },
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      "source": "w"
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    {
      "roman": "tou",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "訪",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "訪う"
    },
    {
      "roman": "toi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "問い"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "⟨to₁pu⟩ → */tʷopu/ → /toɸu/ → /tou/\n源自上古日語 とふ (tofu)。",
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    {
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        [
          "問",
          "と"
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      "form": "とふ",
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    {
      "form": "問うた",
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        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "問わ",
      "hiragana": "とわ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "活用形"
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      "roman": "towa",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "問い",
      "hiragana": "とい",
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        "活用形"
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      "roman": "toi",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問え",
      "hiragana": "とえ",
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        "活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "toe",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問え",
      "hiragana": "とえ",
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        "活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "toe",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問われる",
      "hiragana": "とわれる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "towareru",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わせる",
      "hiragana": "とわせる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "towaseru",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わす",
      "hiragana": "とわす",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "towasu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問える",
      "hiragana": "とえる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "toeru",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "問おう",
      "hiragana": "とおう",
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        "關鍵構式"
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      "roman": "toō",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "問わない",
      "hiragana": "とわない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わず",
      "hiragana": "とわず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "towazu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問います",
      "hiragana": "といます",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "toimasu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うた",
      "hiragana": "とうた",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "touta",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うて",
      "hiragana": "とうて",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "toute",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "問えば",
      "hiragana": "とえば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "toeba",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問は",
      "hiragana": "とは",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態"
      ],
      "roman": "tofa",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひ",
      "hiragana": "とひ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態"
      ],
      "roman": "tofi",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ふ",
      "hiragana": "とふ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態"
      ],
      "roman": "tofu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ふ",
      "hiragana": "とふ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態"
      ],
      "roman": "tofu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へ",
      "hiragana": "とへ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態",
        "已然形"
      ],
      "roman": "tofe",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問へ",
      "hiragana": "とへ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態"
      ],
      "roman": "tofe",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問はず",
      "hiragana": "とはず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "tofazu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へど",
      "hiragana": "とへど",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "對比連接詞"
      ],
      "roman": "tofedo",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問へば",
      "hiragana": "とへば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "因果連接詞"
      ],
      "roman": "tofeba",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問はば",
      "hiragana": "とはば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "條件連接詞"
      ],
      "roman": "tofaba",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひき",
      "hiragana": "とひき",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "過去式 (第一手消息)"
      ],
      "roman": "tofiki",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひけり",
      "hiragana": "とひけり",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "過去式 (第二手消息)"
      ],
      "roman": "tofikeri",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひつ",
      "hiragana": "とひつ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "完成式 (自覺動作)"
      ],
      "roman": "tofitu",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひぬ",
      "hiragana": "とひぬ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "完成式 (自然事件)"
      ],
      "roman": "tofinu",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問へり",
      "hiragana": "とへり",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "完成進行式"
      ],
      "roman": "toferi",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひたり",
      "hiragana": "とひたり",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "完成進行式"
      ],
      "roman": "tofitari",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問はむ",
      "hiragana": "とはむ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "tofamu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "yō no tōzai o towazu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "洋",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "西",
          "ざい"
        ],
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "洋の東西を問わず"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "名(な)前(まえ)を問(と)う ― namae o tou ― 问名字。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "詢問,打聽"
      ],
      "id": "zh-問う-ja-verb-ILDUdLIH"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "罪(つみ)を問(と)う ― tsumi o tou ― 问罪。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "追究,追查"
      ],
      "id": "zh-問う-ja-verb-G185r-VM"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有使用例的日語詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "nenrei wa towanai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "年齢",
              "ねんれい"
            ],
            [
              "問",
              "と"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "年齢は問わない",
          "translation": "年龄不限。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(常用否定形式)構成问题"
      ],
      "id": "zh-問う-ja-verb-ipZpcTRV"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京"
      ],
      "roman": "[tóꜜù]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "問う"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "日語五段動詞",
    "日語動詞",
    "日語及物動詞",
    "日語詞元",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有一個漢字的日語詞",
    "有三年級漢字的日語詞",
    "有國際音標的日語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "派生自上古日語的日語詞",
    "源自上古日語的日語繼承詞",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "tou",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "訪",
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        ]
      ],
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    {
      "roman": "toi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "問い"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "⟨to₁pu⟩ → */tʷopu/ → /toɸu/ → /tou/\n源自上古日語 とふ (tofu)。",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "問う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tou",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とふ",
      "roman": "tofu"
    },
    {
      "form": "問い",
      "raw_tags": [
        "他動詞 五段 (連用形"
      ],
      "roman": "toi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うた",
      "roman": "tōta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わ",
      "hiragana": "とわ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "towa",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問い",
      "hiragana": "とい",
      "raw_tags": [
        "活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "toi",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問え",
      "hiragana": "とえ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "toe",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問え",
      "hiragana": "とえ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "活用形"
      ],
      "roman": "toe",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問われる",
      "hiragana": "とわれる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "towareru",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わせる",
      "hiragana": "とわせる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "towaseru",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わす",
      "hiragana": "とわす",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "towasu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問える",
      "hiragana": "とえる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "toeru",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問おう",
      "hiragana": "とおう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "toō",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わない",
      "hiragana": "とわない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "towanai",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問わず",
      "hiragana": "とわず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "towazu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問います",
      "hiragana": "といます",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "toimasu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うた",
      "hiragana": "とうた",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "touta",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問うて",
      "hiragana": "とうて",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "toute",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問えば",
      "hiragana": "とえば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "toeba",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問は",
      "hiragana": "とは",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態"
      ],
      "roman": "tofa",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひ",
      "hiragana": "とひ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態"
      ],
      "roman": "tofi",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ふ",
      "hiragana": "とふ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態"
      ],
      "roman": "tofu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問ふ",
      "hiragana": "とふ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態"
      ],
      "roman": "tofu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へ",
      "hiragana": "とへ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態",
        "已然形"
      ],
      "roman": "tofe",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問へ",
      "hiragana": "とへ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "語幹形態"
      ],
      "roman": "tofe",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問はず",
      "hiragana": "とはず",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "tofazu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "問へど",
      "hiragana": "とへど",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "對比連接詞"
      ],
      "roman": "tofedo",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問へば",
      "hiragana": "とへば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "因果連接詞"
      ],
      "roman": "tofeba",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問はば",
      "hiragana": "とはば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "條件連接詞"
      ],
      "roman": "tofaba",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひき",
      "hiragana": "とひき",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "過去式 (第一手消息)"
      ],
      "roman": "tofiki",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひけり",
      "hiragana": "とひけり",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "過去式 (第二手消息)"
      ],
      "roman": "tofikeri",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひつ",
      "hiragana": "とひつ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "完成式 (自覺動作)"
      ],
      "roman": "tofitu",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひぬ",
      "hiragana": "とひぬ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "完成式 (自然事件)"
      ],
      "roman": "tofinu",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問へり",
      "hiragana": "とへり",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "完成進行式"
      ],
      "roman": "toferi",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問ひたり",
      "hiragana": "とひたり",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式",
        "完成進行式"
      ],
      "roman": "tofitari",
      "source": "inflection table"
    },
    {
      "form": "問はむ",
      "hiragana": "とはむ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "關鍵構式"
      ],
      "roman": "tofamu",
      "source": "inflection table",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "yō no tōzai o towazu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "洋",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "東",
          "とう"
        ],
        [
          "西",
          "ざい"
        ],
        [
          "問",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "洋の東西を問わず"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "名(な)前(まえ)を問(と)う ― namae o tou ― 问名字。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "詢問,打聽"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "罪(つみ)を問(と)う ― tsumi o tou ― 问罪。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "追究,追查"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "有使用例的日語詞"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "nenrei wa towanai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "年齢",
              "ねんれい"
            ],
            [
              "問",
              "と"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "年齢は問わない",
          "translation": "年龄不限。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(常用否定形式)構成问题"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京"
      ],
      "roman": "[tóꜜù]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "問う"
}

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