詰きつ問もん

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

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

Meanings

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

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

Formal or intense questioning, often used in legal, official, or confrontational contexts. Implies pressing someone for an answer or justification.

弁べん護ご士しは証しょう人にんを厳きびしく詰きつ問もんした。
The lawyer cross-examined the witness rigorously.
上じょう司しに遅ち刻こくの理り由ゆうを詰きつ問もんされた。
My boss demanded an explanation for my lateness.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を詰きつ問もんするto press someone hard for an explanation
彼かの女じょは嘘うそをついた夫おっとを詰きつ問もんした。
She grilled her husband, who had lied, for an explanation.
〈事こと〉について詰きつ問もんするto demand an explanation about a matter
上じょう司しはミスについて彼かれを詰きつ問もんした。
The boss grilled him about the mistake.
厳きびしく詰きつ問もんするto interrogate someone severely
警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃを厳きびしく詰きつ問もんした。
The police interrogated the suspect harshly.

Kanji

詰packed, close, pressed
問question, ask, problem

Related words

尋じん問もん
尋問 is the general legal/official term for interrogation, whereas 詰問 specifically implies an aggressive, accusatory style of pressing for an explanation.
問とい詰つめる
問い詰める is a colloquial verb meaning to press someone relentlessly for an answer, while 詰問 is the more formal noun/suru-verb used in written or serious contexts.
追つい及きゅうN1
詰問 means to grill someone with sharp, accusatory questions, similar to 追及 but focused narrowly on the act of questioning rather than pursuing responsibility over time.
責せめ立たてるN1
詰問する means to interrogate someone sharply and formally, whereas 責め立てる can describe any relentless blaming or pressing, not just formal questioning.

Don't confuse with

質しつ問もんN5
質問 is a neutral word for simply asking a question, while 詰問 (similar sound and shared 問 kanji) means to interrogate someone harshly for an explanation.

Etymology

Compound of 詰 (きつ, 'to press' or 'to question closely') and 問 (もん, 'question'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning of intense questioning.