審問|しんもんshinmon[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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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