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作問 (さくもん, sakumon) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

作さく問もん

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Meanings

1

creation of exam questions

Used in educational contexts to refer to the process of writing or designing test questions.

先せん生せいは試し験けんの作さく問もんに時じ間かんをかけた。
The teacher spent time creating the exam questions.

Kanji

作make, production, prepare
問question, ask, problem

Etymology

Compound of 作 (saku, 'make') and 問 (mon, 'question'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of creating questions.

作さく問もんのコツを教おしえてください。

Please teach me the tricks of creating exam questions.