審問|しんもんshinmon[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbtrial; hearing; inquiry; examination; interrogation
Conjugation
Dictionary form審問する(しんもんする)
Polite (masu)審問します(しんもんします)
Negative (nai)審問しない(しんもんしない)
polite (masen)審問しません(しんもんしません)
classical zu / nu審問せず・審問せぬ(しんもんせず・しんもんせぬ)
Past (ta)審問した(しんもんした)
polite (mashita)審問しました(しんもんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)審問しなかった(しんもんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)審問しませんでした(しんもんしませんでした)
Te form審問して(しんもんして)
Potential審問できる(しんもんできる)
Passive審問される(しんもんされる)
Causative審問させる(しんもんさせる)
Causative passive審問させられる(しんもんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)審問すれば(しんもんすれば)
tara審問したら(しんもんしたら)
Volitional審問しよう(しんもんしよう)
polite (mashou)審問しましょう(しんもんしましょう)
Imperative審問しろ(しんもんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym査問さもんWrittenWritten-style word for an inquiry or interrogation within an organization, as in 「党の査問委員会」; 「審問」 usually refers to questioning in court.
  • Synonym尋問じんもんNeutralNeutral word for questioning by police or a judge for investigation, as in 「証人尋問」; close in sense to 「審問」.
  • RelatedただすWrittenA verb, not a noun like 「審問」: to get to the bottom of right and wrong or establish the facts, as in 「真偽を糺す」. It leans toward written style.
  • Related審理しんりFormalFormal legal term for a court's trial proceedings; 「審問」 is the questioning of parties carried out within 「審理」.
  • Related鞠問きくもんFormalA formal, archaic term for interrogating someone about a crime; very seldom used today.

For police or court questioning, pick 「尋問」, as in 「証人尋問」. A court's hearing of a case is 「審理」, with 「審問」 as its questioning stage. Use 「査問」 for internal inquiries, 「糺す」 (a verb) for verifying facts; 「鞠問」 is rare and archaic.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 詳くわしく質問しつもんすること。
  2. 裁判所さいばんしょが裁判さいばんの審理しんりのため、当事者とうじしゃなどに問い質といただすこと。
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