問い (とい) — question, inquiry
問い
question
Frequency #3817
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 3
2 characters
noun
toi
とい
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
とい[0] heiban 平板
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Meanings
- question
- inquiry
Usage examples
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「だれが遅いか」から「どこで仕事が止まるか」へ、問いを変えるのです。
"Dare ga osoi ka" kara "doko de shigoto ga tomaru ka" e, toi o kaeru no desu.
Change the question from "Who is slow?" to "Where does the work get stuck?"
小さく直して、大きく変える — トヨタの考え方 · MojiMori（AIオリジナル） · 第1章 仕事をよく見る