諮し問もん

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

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

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

consultation; inquiry; seeking an opinion

Formal term for seeking advice or an opinion from an expert, committee, or authority. Often used in governmental, legal, or organizational settings.

政せい府ふは専せん門もん家かに諮し問もんして政せい策さくを決きめた。
The government decided the policy after consulting with experts.
諮し問もん機き関かんとして委い員いん会かいが設せっ置ちされた。
A committee was established as an advisory body.

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Usage patterns

〈相あい手て〉に諮し問もんするto submit a matter for consultation to (a committee/authority)
政せい府ふはこの問もん題だいについて専せん門もん家か委い員いん会かいに諮し問もんした。
The government submitted the issue for consultation to an expert committee.
〈事こと〉について諮し問もんするto formally consult about a matter
教きょう育いく制せい度どの改かい革かくについて諮し問もんが行おこなわれた。
A formal consultation was held regarding reform of the education system.
諮し問もんを受うけるto receive a request for consultation
審しん議ぎ会かいは大だい臣じんからの諮し問もんを受うけた。
The council received a request for consultation from the minister.
諮し問もんに応おうじるto respond to a formal consultation request
委い員いん会かいは諮し問もんに応おうじて報ほう告こく書しょを提てい出しゅつした。
The committee responded to the consultation by submitting a report.

Kanji

諮consult with
問question, ask, problem

Related words

相そう談だんN4
相談 is the everyday word for discussing or asking for advice, whereas 諮問 is a formal, often official request for an expert's opinion from a committee or authority.
照しょう会かいN1
照会 is a formal inquiry made to confirm or obtain information, while 諮問 is a formal request for an expert opinion or advice from a committee or authority.
諮はかるN1
諮問する specifically means to formally ask an advisory body for its opinion, a narrower and more bureaucratic act than the broader 諮る, which covers putting any matter to deliberation.

Opposites

答とう申しんN1
答申 is the formal report or recommendation given in response to a 諮問, making the two words a paired request-and-response in official consultations.

Don't confuse with

尋じん問もん
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.
質しつ問もんN5
質問 is an ordinary question that anyone can ask, while 諮問 specifically refers to an official body's formal request for expert advice.

Counted with

件けんN2
件 is the counter used for instances of 諮問, as in 一件の諮問 (one consultation request).
回かいN4
回 counts how many times a 諮問 has been made, as in 二回目の諮問 (the second consultation).

Word family

諮し問もん事じ項こう
terms of reference; matters for consultation
諮し問もん機き関かん
advisory body; consultative organ; advisory committee
諮し問もん委い員いん会かい
advisory committee; advisory council; advisory panel

Etymology

Compound of 諮 (し, 'to consult') and 問 (もん, 'to ask'). The kanji 諮 is used specifically for formal consultation, distinguishing it from more general terms for asking.