しつもん · shitsumon
question
取材のための質問ばかり考えていた自分が、急に小さく感じられた。
I, who had only been thinking about questions for my report, suddenly felt small.
屋久島の千年杉を守る男 · B1Japanese vocabulary: Question words — 43 words
43 words · Story levels: A0–B2
Including: 質問 · 答え · 聞き方 · 疑問 · 問い合わせ
質問
しつもん · shitsumon
question
こたえ · kotae
answer
ききかた · kikikata
way of asking
ぎもん · gimon
question
その疑問が、さくらの頭の中でぐるぐると回り始めた。
That question, inside Sakura's head, began to spin round and round.
廃線の終点に残された往復切符 · B1といあわせ · toiawase
inquiry
試験センターの問い合わせフォームから連絡しようとしたんだけど
From the exam center's inquiry form, I tried to contact them, but...
全国模試の自分の解答用紙が別の高校にある · A2とい · toi
question
生徒たちに、この稜線で見つけたような「問い」の面白さを伝えたい。
To my students, I want to convey the fascination of questions like those I found on this ridge.
南アルプスを単独縦走した女教師の夏休み · B2か · ka
question marker
Also means: someone/something · part of an expression meaning “may/might” · oh, I see
きく · kiku
ask
Also means: listen to · irrealis form of 聞く before an auxiliary · want to listen or hear
なん · nan
why
Also means: something · what · anything
でしょう · deshō
right?
Also means: polite question ending · perhaps · really?
どう · dō
what happened
Also means: how · what to do · whether ... or not
こたえる · kotaeru
answer
Also means: not answer · be able to answer
仲間が「描かないことも、地図の仕事ですか」と聞くと、忠敬は答えました。
When a companion asked, “Is not drawing also part of making a map?”, Tadataka answered.
伊能忠敬が地図に描かなかった小島 · A2きいた · kiita
ask
Also means: heard · listen to
なんて · nante
what
Also means: expresses surprise that… · something like … · for instance
どこ · doko
where
Also means: somewhere · anywhere · somehow
なに · nani
what?
Also means: something
どんな · donna
what kind of
なぜ · naze
why
Also means: for some reason
どの · dono
which
Also means: every
いつ · itsu
what time
Also means: someday · when · sometime
どれ · dore
how
Also means: all of them
っけ · kke
was it again?
どういう · dōiu
what kind of
いくら · ikura
how much
Also means: somewhat · no matter how much
たずねる · tazuneru
ask
「英語で話せる者が、ほかにいないのですか」と彼女は静かに尋ねた。
'Is there no one else who can speak English?' she asked quietly.
幕末の長崎で通訳として生きた混血の女 · B2
なんにん · nannin
how many people
研究者が何人も来て、周辺が踏み荒らされるかもしれない。
Many researchers would come, and the surrounding area might be trampled.
奥多摩の廃村に咲いた絶滅危惧の花 · B2なんにち · nannichi
how many days
なんかい · nankai
how many times
どなた · donata
who (polite)
Also means: both · either one · which of the two
どのような · donoyōna
what kind of
いったい · ittai
on earth
「桐島清之助という男は、いったい何者だろう」委員の一人が腕を組みながらそう言った。
“Who on earth is this man named Seinosuke Kirishima?” one of the committee members said while folding his arms.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2
とう · tō
if asked
Also means: was asked · question
なぜかと問われれば、証拠として弱すぎたからだと答えるだろう。
If asked why, I would likely answer that it was because it was too weak as evidence.
明治の探偵が書き残した解けなかった事件の覚書 · B2
といあわせる · toiawaseru
inquired
なにもの · nanimono
what kind of person
「桐島清之助という男は、いったい何者だろう」委員の一人が腕を組みながらそう言った。
“Who on earth is this man named Seinosuke Kirishima?” one of the committee members said while folding his arms.
大正の女性画家が男の名で発表し続けた十五年間 · B2なんじ · nanji
what time
の · no
sentence-final question particle
Also means: links two nouns, usually meaning “of” or “’s” · marks an explanatory statement · links a time phrase to a noun: “from/of that time”
やる · yaru
how
Also means: do it · want to do · if/when doing it
だれ · dare
who
Also means: someone · nobody · anyone
うん · un
huh?
Also means: yes
て · te
what kind of
Also means: marks quoted words · emphatic “you mean …?!” marker · adjective linker: and/because
いくつ · ikutsu
how many
Also means: several · many
まじで · majide
really?
Also means: seriously
きける · kikeru
be able to ask
Also means: be able to hear or learn
打ち上げで師匠に「さっきの名前なんですか」って聞けるわけないよな
At the launch, to my master "That name from earlier " I can't possibly ask him, can I?
落語の高座で師匠が別の名前を名乗った · B1