設問|せつもんsetsumon[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verbposing a question
  2. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 問題もんだいを作成さくせいして出だすこと。また、そのような問題もんだい。
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