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問いかける

といかける

to ask; to pose a question; to address

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Examples

  1. 彼は聴衆に問いかけた。

    かれはちょうしゅうにといかけた。

    He posed a question to the audience.

  2. 先生は静かに私たちに問いかけた。

    せんせいはしずかにわたしたちにといかけた。

    The teacher quietly put a question to us.

  3. この映画は平和の意味を問いかけている。

    このえいがはへいわのいみをといかけている。

    This film poses a question about the meaning of peace.

Common patterns

社会に問いかける
to pose a question to society
疑問を問いかける
to raise a question
静かに問いかける
to ask quietly

Memory tip

Not for asking directions — 聞く or 尋ねる does that. 問いかける is for putting a weighty question to someone and inviting them to think, which is why books and films are often said to 問いかける.

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