尋じん問もん

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尋問する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

questioning; interrogation; examination of a witness

Formal term for questioning, especially by authorities such as police, prosecutors, or in court. Often used in legal and news contexts.

〈人ひと〉を尋じん問もんするto interrogate someone
警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃを尋じん問もんした。
The police interrogated the suspect.
尋じん問もんを受うけるto be interrogated / undergo questioning
彼かれは証しょう人にんとして尋じん問もんを受うけた。
He was questioned as a witness.
尋じん問もんに答こたえるto answer the questioning
被ひ告こくは弁べん護ご士しの尋じん問もんに落おち着ついて答こたえた。
The defendant calmly answered the lawyer's questioning.
尋じん問もんが行おこなわれるan interrogation/examination is conducted
法ほう廷ていで厳きびしい尋じん問もんが行おこなわれた。
A harsh interrogation was carried out in court.

質しつ問もんN5
質問 is a neutral, everyday word for asking a question, while 尋問 is a formal legal term for interrogating a suspect or witness.
取とり調しらべN1
取り調べ specifically means a police investigation or interrogation of a suspect, whereas 尋問 also covers formal courtroom questioning of witnesses.
詰きつ問もん
尋問 is the general legal/official term for interrogation, whereas 詰問 specifically implies an aggressive, accusatory style of pressing for an explanation.
査さ問もん
尋問 is a direct interrogation, often by police or in court, while 査問 is a broader official inquiry that need not be adversarial.

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取とり調しらべるN1
尋問する focuses narrowly on the act of questioning a person, especially in court or legal settings, while 取り調べる covers the broader process of official investigation including questioning.
聴ちょう取しゅ
尋問 refers specifically to formal interrogation, often with a legal or adversarial tone, while 聴取 is broader and can be neutral fact-finding as well as questioning.

審しん問もん
審問 (a judicial hearing or inquiry) sounds very similar to 尋問 (interrogation) and both involve courts, but 審問 refers to a formal hearing rather than the act of questioning a person directly.
検けん問もん
尋問 means to interrogate a suspect or witness with questions, while 検問 refers to stopping and inspecting people or vehicles at a checkpoint.
拷ごう問もん
尋問 means questioning or interrogation without necessarily involving pain, while 拷問 specifically means inflicting severe physical or mental pain.

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喚かん問もん
尋問 refers to the act of interrogating or questioning someone, while 喚問 refers to the prior act of summoning that person to appear.
諮し問もん
尋問 means interrogation or questioning, often in a legal context, which is quite different from 諮問's meaning of formally seeking an expert opinion.

主しゅ尋じん問もん
direct examination; examination-in-chief
再さい尋じん問もん
re-examination; re-questioning
不ふ審しん尋じん問もん
police questioning of a suspicious person; police checkup
予よ備び尋じん問もん
voir dire
人じん定てい尋じん問もん
witness identity examination; establishing the identity of a witness

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尋じん問もんUsage81%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in news and legal contexts.
訊じん問もんUsage19%
Variant kanji form; 訊 carries a nuance of detailed inquiry, but this spelling is less common than 尋問.

尋 (to inquire, search) + 問 (to ask, question). The compound has been used in formal and legal contexts since classical times.