問といを掛かける

expression, ichidan verb

ask a question; pose a question

A somewhat formal or literary expression for asking a question, often directed at a specific person. The particle に marks the person asked.

• 教きょう授じゅに難むずかしい問といを掛かけた。

  I posed a difficult question to the professor.

• 彼かれは聴ちょう衆しゅうに問といを掛かけるように話はなし始はじめた。

  He began speaking as if to ask the audience a question.