Definition: 意味
to ask
Learn Japanese vocabulary: 尋ねる 【たずねる】(tazuneru).
Meaning:
- to ask; to enquire; to inquire
- to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate
Type: Verb, Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
Level: JLPT N4 Vocabulary
尋ねる - Example Sentences 例文
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Example #1
彼はそれらの名前を私にたずねる。
かれはそれらのなまえをわたしにたずねる。
kare wa sorera no namae o watashi ni tazuneru.
He asks me of those names.
Example #2
それを彼に尋ねる事が怖いです。
それをかれにたずねることがこわいです。
sore o kare ni tazuneru koto ga kowai desu.
I'm scared of asking him that.
Example #3
私はそれについてあなたに尋ねるつもりです。
わたしはそれについてあなたにたずねるつもりです。
watashi wa sore ni tsuite anata ni tazuneru tsumori desu.
I plan on asking you about that.
Example #4
彼にこの場所に行くほうほうを尋ねる。
かれにこのばしょにいくほうほうをたずねる。
kare ni kono basho ni iku houhou o tazuneru.
I will ask him how to go to the place.
Example #5
その件をあなたに尋ねるのを忘れていました。
そのけんをあなたにたずねるのをわすれていました。
sono ken o anata ni tazuneru no o wasurete imashita.
I was forgetting to ask you about that matter.
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