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

to ask
to enquire
to inquire
to search
to look for
to look into
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 7470 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

せんじん

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

ななたび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

迷子の行方を尋ねる。

まいごのゆくえをたずねる.

searching for the whereabouts of a lost child.