Word Meaning 尋ねる

たずねる tazuneru

尋ねる is read as たずねる (tazuneru) and means to ask.

Meaning

English

  1. to ask
  2. to enquire
  3. to inquire
  4. to search
  5. to look for
  6. to look into
  7. to investigate

Reading

Kana

たずねる

Romaji

tazuneru

Writing Variants

  • 訊ねる たずねる tazuneru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 答える Rank 7730 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

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)

尋常一様

じんじょういちよう

ordinary

千尋

ちひろ

great height

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)

不審尋問

ふしんじんもん

police questioning (of a suspicious person)

Example Sentences

8

まいごのゆくえをたずねる.

searching for the whereabouts of a lost child.

I think it's worth asking.

My friend sent me a letter asking how I was.

I will ask him about it tomorrow.

Try to be as polite as you can when asking directions.

Should I have asked you first?

They may even ask if you are all right or if there is something they can help you with.

When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.