尋

Meaning

尋 centers on seeking or measuring depth: inquiring to understand something, looking for something hidden, or figuratively plumbing the depths of a matter.

• 尋ひろ

  fathom

• 尋ねるたずねる
  N4

  to ask; to enquire; to inquire

• 千尋せんじん

  great depth; bottomless

• 尋常じんじょう

  common; usual

• 尋問じんもん

  questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)

• お尋ねおたずね

  inquiry; enquiry; question; asking

• お尋ね者おたずねもの

  person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice

• 八尋やひろ

  great length; great size

• 尋ね人たずねびと

  missing person; wanted person

• 七度尋ねて人を疑えななたびたずねてひとをうたがえ

  search thoroughly for something lost before you suspect someone of stealing it; be on sure ground before you accuse someone

• 万尋ばんじん

  10000 fathoms; great depth; great height

• 万尋の谷ばんじんのたに

  bottomless ravine; abyss

• 不審尋問ふしんじんもん

  police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup

• 主尋問しゅじんもん

  direct examination; examination-in-chief

• 予備尋問よびじんもん

  voir dire (hearing to determine the admissibility of evidence, or the competency of a witness or juror)

• 人定尋問じんていじんもん

  establishing the identity of a witness

• 八尋殿やひろどの

  grand palace

• 再尋問さいじんもん

  re-examination

• 再直接尋問さいちょくせつじんもん

  redirect examination

• 千と千尋の神隠しせんとちひろのかみかくし

  Spirited Away (2002 film)

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