弔ちょう問もん

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

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	弔ちょう問もんする	弔ちょう問もんしない
Polite	弔ちょう問もんします	弔ちょう問もんしません
Past polite	弔ちょう問もんしました	弔ちょう問もんしませんでした
Past	弔ちょう問もんした	弔ちょう問もんしなかった
Te-form	弔ちょう問もんして	弔ちょう問もんしないで
Desire	弔ちょう問もんしたい	弔ちょう問もんしたくない
Potential	弔ちょう問もんできる	弔ちょう問もんできない
Passive	弔ちょう問もんされる	弔ちょう問もんされない
Causative	弔ちょう問もんさせる	弔ちょう問もんさせない
Causative passive	弔ちょう問もんさせられる	弔ちょう問もんさせられない
Volitional	弔ちょう問もんしよう
Polite volitional	弔ちょう問もんしましょう
Imperative	弔ちょう問もんしろ	弔ちょう問もんするな
Conditional	弔ちょう問もんすれば	弔ちょう問もんしなければ
Tara conditional	弔ちょう問もんしたら	弔ちょう問もんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

condolence visit; visiting the bereaved to offer condolences

formal or literary

Formal noun and する-verb for visiting a bereaved family or related place in order to express sympathy. Common patterns include 弔問に訪れる and 遺族を弔問する.

大おお勢ぜいの人ひとが弔ちょう問もんに訪おとずれた。
Many people came to pay their condolences.
首しゅ相しょうは遺い族ぞくを弔ちょう問もんした。
The prime minister visited the bereaved family to offer condolences.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を弔ちょう問もんするto visit someone (the bereaved) to offer condolences
友ゆう人じんの家か族ぞくを弔ちょう問もんした。
I visited my friend's family to offer my condolences.
〈場ば所しょ〉に弔ちょう問もんに訪おとずれるto visit a place to pay a condolence call
多おおくの人ひとが斎さい場じょうに弔ちょう問もんに訪おとずれた。
Many people came to the funeral hall to pay their condolences.
弔ちょう問もんに行いくto go pay a condolence visit
明日あした、上じょう司しの実じっ家かに弔ちょう問もんに行いく予よ定ていです。
I'm planning to go pay a condolence visit to my boss's family home tomorrow.

Kanji

弔condolences, mourning, funeral
問question, ask, problem

Related words

お悔くやみ
お悔やみ refers to the words or expressions of sympathy themselves, while 弔問 is the act of visiting the bereaved to deliver them.
参さん列れつ
参列 means attending a ceremony such as a funeral, whereas 弔問 focuses on visiting the bereaved family to offer condolences, which need not coincide with the funeral itself.
弔とむらう
弔問する means to visit the bereaved or a place of mourning to offer condolences, while 弔う centers on mourning or performing rites for the dead themselves.

Don't confuse with

訪ほう問もんN4
訪問 is a general visit for any purpose, while 弔問 specifically means visiting to express condolences to a bereaved family.
弔ちょう辞じ
弔辞 is a eulogy or funeral address that is read aloud, while 弔問 is the act of visiting to offer condolences, not the speech itself.
慰い問もん
弔問 is a visit to offer condolences after a death, whereas 慰問 is a visit to comfort the living, such as the sick, injured, or disaster victims.

Word family

弔ちょう問もん客きゃく
condolence caller; mourner paying a visit

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 弔 is associated with mourning or offering condolences, and 問 with visiting or calling on someone. The compound denotes a formal condolence visit.