拷問|ごうもんgoumon[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbtorture
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 拷問する(ごうもんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 拷問します(ごうもんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 拷問しない(ごうもんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 拷問しません(ごうもんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 拷問せず・拷問せぬ(ごうもんせず・ごうもんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 拷問した(ごうもんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 拷問しました(ごうもんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 拷問しなかった(ごうもんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 拷問しませんでした(ごうもんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 拷問して(ごうもんして) |
| Potential | 拷問できる(ごうもんできる) |
| Passive | 拷問される(ごうもんされる) |
| Causative | 拷問させる(ごうもんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 拷問させられる(ごうもんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 拷問すれば(ごうもんすれば) |
| tara | 拷問したら(ごうもんしたら) |
| Volitional | 拷問しよう(ごうもんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 拷問しましょう(ごうもんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 拷問しろ(ごうもんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related可愛がるかわいがるNeutralBasically means to dote on someone; used ironically for harsh training, as in sumo, or for hazing newcomers. Colloquial.
- Related苛むさいなむWrittenWritten. Torments or afflicts, usually the mind, body or conscience: 「良心に苛まれる」. 「拷問」 is physical torture for a confession, also hyperbolic for ordeals.
- Related責め苛むせめさいなむWrittenWritten. Torments and presses someone in every way; stronger than 「苛む」, and not limited to extracting confessions.
- RelatedいたぶるNeutralColloquial and malicious. Deliberately bullies and torments the weak; can also mean extorting money or goods.
- Related切り苛むきりさいなむWrittenWritten but rare. Suggests tormenting as if cutting someone to pieces; extremely strong.
- RelatedなぶるNeutralTeases or toys with the weak for amusement; the emphasis is on malicious mockery rather than physical pain.
- Related拷訊ごうじんWrittenWritten but rare. Specifically means interrogating under torture; 「拷問」 is more common and can also be used hyperbolically.
Use 「拷問」 for torture to force a confession, also hyperbolically for unbearable things: 「この会議は拷問だ」. For tormenting mind or conscience use 「苛む」; for bullying the weak, 「いたぶる」 or 「嬲る」.
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