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尋じん問もん
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
1. questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
Other spellings
訊じん問もん
Kanji used
尋inquire問question
Kanji in other spellings
訊query
Pitch accent
じんもん
Used in vocabulary
再さい尋じん問もん
re-examination
Noun
不ふ審しん尋じん問もん
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
Noun
反はん対たい尋じん問もん
cross-examination
Noun
誘ゆう導どう尋じん問もん
leading question
Noun
尋じん問もん調ちょう書しょ
record of an interrogation (of a suspect, witness, etc.); examination record
Noun
臨りん床しょう尋じん問もん
clinical examination
Noun
再さい直ちょく接せつ尋じん問もん
redirect examination
Noun
直ちょく接せつ尋じん問もん
direct examination; examination-in-chief
Noun
職しょく務む尋じん問もん
ex-officio questioning; police questioning (of a suspicious person); a police checkup
Noun
予よ備び尋じん問もん
voir dire (hearing to determine the admissibility of evidence, or the competency of a witness or juror)
Noun
主しゅ尋じん問もん
direct examination; examination-in-chief
Noun
強きょう化か尋じん問もん
enhanced interrogation (e.g. waterboarding as used by the CIA)
Noun
Examples6
The police questioned him closely.
He kept silent all the time during the interrogation.
The suspect was given the third degree until he confessed his crime.
The police have hauled in a suspect for questioning.
The detective questioned literally thousands of people about the incident.
After they questioned him, the police returned the suspect to the house.