問う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
問
と Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とう [tóꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [to̞ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

問う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana とう, rōmaji tou, historical hiragana とふ)

to ask; to inquire
to accuse (of a crime)
to care (about); have regard (for)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "問う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	問わ	とわ	towa
Continuative (連用形)	問い	とい	toi
Terminal (終止形)	問う	とう	tou
Attributive (連体形)	問う	とう	tou
Hypothetical (仮定形)	問え	とえ	toe
Imperative (命令形)	問え	とえ	toe
Key constructions
Passive	問われる	とわれる	towareru
Causative	問わせる問わす	とわせるとわす	towaseru towasu
Potential	問える	とえる	toeru
Volitional	問おう	とおう	toō
Negative	問わない	とわない	towanai
Negative continuative	問わず	とわず	towazu
Formal	問います	といます	toimasu
Perfective	問うた	とうた	touta
Conjunctive	問うて	とうて	toute
Hypothetical conditional	問えば	とえば	toeba

Related terms

問 (と)わず (towazu) v.: to be regardless of, lack regards to

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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