How to say "query" in Japanese

• 問いといJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'query' as a noun meaning simply a question — something asked in order to get an answer. Choose it when your query is essentially a question put to a person or source.
  私はその問といがたいへんやさしいことを発見はっけんした。↗

  I found the question very easy.
• 問い合わせといあわせJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers 'query' in the sense of an inquiry: contacting a company, office, or service to ask for information. The natural word for customer queries or a query sent to an organization.
  ご兄弟きょうだいのことはカンザス州かんざすしゅうから問い合といあわせを受うけたばかりです。↗

  We have just received an inquiry from Kansas concerning your brother.
• 照会しょうかいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAn inquiry directed to another party to check or confirm something; it also covers a referral of a matter to a doctor or court. The word you meet in business or official correspondence.
  詳細しょうさいは事務所じむしょに照会しょうかいしてください。↗

  Apply to the office for further details.
• 訊くきくCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbThe verb: use it when 'query' is an action — to ask or query someone about something. The other three are nouns, so this is the word for sentences where you actually query someone.

For 'query' as a noun meaning a question use 「問い」; for an inquiry to a company or office use 「問い合わせ」; for an inquiry or referral to a third party use 照会; for the verb use 「訊く」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 問いといquestion
• 問い合わせといあわせinquiry
• 照会しょうかいinquiry
• 訊くきくto ask
• クエリquery
• 問いかけといかけquery
• 聞くきくto ask