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問いかけ (といかけ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

問といかけ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

question; query; inquiry

A noun for the act of asking a question or posing a query; can be used in both casual and formal contexts.

彼かれの問といかけに誰だれも答こたえなかった。
No one answered his question.
先せん生せいは生せい徒とたちに問といかけを投なげかけた。
The teacher posed a question to the students.

Written forms

問といかけUsage92%
Standard spelling using the common 送り仮名 convention.
問とい掛かけUsage8%
Alternate spelling using the less common 掛 kanji; 問いかけ is more frequent.

Kanji

問question, ask, problem
掛

hang, suspend, depend

Similar words

質しつ問もん
質問 is the most common word for 'question' and is used in everyday conversation; 問いかけ is slightly more formal or literary, often implying a thoughtful or rhetorical question.
問とい
問い is a more abstract or philosophical 'question' or 'problem'; 問いかけ emphasizes the act of asking or posing a question.

Etymology

Compound of 問い (とい, 'question', the continuative form of 問う) + かけ (かけ, 'hanging, putting forth', the continuative form of 掛ける). Literally 'question-putting'.