Word Meaning お尋ね

おたずね otazu ne

お尋ね is read as おたずね (otazu ne) and means asking.

Meaning

English

  1. asking
  2. enquiring
  3. searching
  4. looking for

Reading

Kana

おたずね

Romaji

otazu ne

Writing Variants

  • 御尋ね おたずね otazu ne

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 141409 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

尋ねる

たずねる

to ask

千尋

ちひろ

great height

尋常

じんじょう

common

尋ね人

たずねびと

missing person

尋問

じんもん

questioning

人定尋問

じんていじんもん

establishing the identity of a witness

七度尋ねて人を疑え

しちどたずねてひとをうたがえ

search thoroughly for something lost before you suspect someone of stealing it

反対尋問

はんたいじんもん

cross-examination

強化尋問

きょうかじんもん

enhanced interrogation (e.g. waterboarding as used by the CIA)

尋問調書

じんもんちょうしょ

record of an interrogation (of a suspect, witness, etc.)

尋常小学校

じんじょうしょうがっこう

elementary school (in Japan; 1886-1941)

不審尋問

ふしんじんもん

police questioning (of a suspicious person)

Example Sentences

8

He's wanted by the police.

I've got a question for you.

I'll ask you one last time.

I'd like to ask you something.

I'd like to ask you about Tom.

May I ask you a personal question?

Before I answer, I'd like to know why you'd ask that.

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