Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 疑ぎ 問もん を 抱いだ く for someone to harbor a doubt
I still have doubts about his explanation.
疑ぎ 問もん に 答こた える to answer a question/doubt
The teacher carefully answered the students' questions.
疑ぎ 問もん を 解かい 消しょう する to resolve/clear up a doubt
Reading the document resolved a doubt I'd had for years.
疑ぎ 問もん を 投な げかける to raise a doubt/question (about something)
The survey results raised doubts about the conventional theory.
Expressions 疑ぎ 問もん 符ふ が 付つ く the question remains; it comes into question Kanji 疑 doubt, distrust, be suspicious Related words· 10 質問 is a concrete question you ask someone, while 疑問 is the inner feeling of doubt or uncertainty that may or may not be voiced.
疑い often carries a suspicion of wrongdoing or deception, whereas 疑問 is a neutral, intellectual sense of not being sure.
疑念 is a more formal, often persistent doubt about someone's motives or a situation, while 疑問 is broader and can be about facts or ideas too.
疑問 is the everyday word for a question or doubt, while 疑義 is a formal term used in legal, academic, or official contexts to point out a specific objection or reservation.
Show 6 more Show fewer 疑問 is the general word for 'doubt' or 'question', while 疑問点 refers to a specific, identifiable point of doubt within a text or discussion.
疑問 is the common, everyday word for a question or doubt, while 懐疑 is a more formal, philosophical term for deep-seated skepticism.
疑問 carries a sense of doubt or uncertainty, whereas 問い is a neutral term for a question or inquiry.
疑問 refers to a doubt or unspoken question in one's mind, whereas 質疑 is a formally voiced inquiry addressed to someone.
疑問 is a specific question or doubt one has, while 謎 is a broader unsolved puzzle or enigma.
疑問 focuses on a feeling of doubt or uncertainty, while 問題 (in this sense) is the specific point being questioned.
Word family· 11 question mark
interrogative sentence; question sentence
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
disputed ballot; questioned ballot
doubt; question; be skeptical of
Show 6 more Show fewer Written forms 疑ぎ 問もん Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word in news and general use.
ギモン Usage <1%
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 疑 (doubt) and 問 (question).
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