設問|せつもんsetsumon[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verbposing a question
- noun, suru verbquestion
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 設問する(せつもんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 設問します(せつもんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 設問しない(せつもんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 設問しません(せつもんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 設問せず・設問せぬ(せつもんせず・せつもんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 設問した(せつもんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 設問しました(せつもんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 設問しなかった(せつもんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 設問しませんでした(せつもんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 設問して(せつもんして) |
| Potential | 設問できる(せつもんできる) |
| Passive | 設問される(せつもんされる) |
| Causative | 設問させる(せつもんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 設問させられる(せつもんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 設問すれば(せつもんすれば) |
| tara | 設問したら(せつもんしたら) |
| Volitional | 設問しよう(せつもんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 設問しましょう(せつもんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 設問しろ(せつもんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym問題もんだいNeutralThe most versatile word for a question or problem of any kind; 「設問」 stresses questions an examiner has deliberately drawn up.
- Synonym問いといNeutralA question or the act of asking one, as in 「問いに答える」; 「設問」 leans toward a question deliberately set, most often on a test or questionnaire.
- Related命題めいだいWrittenIn written/formal prose, a logical proposition or a task that must be tackled, as in 「至上命題」; 「設問」 is mostly a question set on an exam or questionnaire.
- Related課題かだいNeutralA task, assignment or issue to be addressed, as in 「今後の課題」; 「設問」 tends to mean a specific question set on a test or survey.
- RelatedプロブレムCasualColloquial loanword for a problem or difficulty, as in 「ノープロブレム」; 「設問」 leans toward questions someone has set, not difficulties.
- Antonym解答かいとうNeutralThe answer or solution to a question; it stands opposite 「設問」 on the setting-versus-solving side.
- Antonym回答かいとうNeutralA reply to a question, e.g. on a survey; it stands opposite 「設問」 on the asking-versus-answering side.
「設問」 typically means a question set by whoever drafts a test or questionnaire, as in 「次の設問に答えよ」. For questions or problems in general pick 「問題」, for tasks or assignments 「課題」, for a question you put to someone 「問い」; 「解答」 and 「回答」 are the answers given.
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