問う

Meaning

1. v5u-svt
   to ask; to inquire
2. v5u-svt
   to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to pursue (question of responsibility); to charge with
3. v5u-svt
   to care about; to regard as important
4. v5u-svt
   to call into question; to doubt; to question

Example sentences

• 政府が住民に問う一般投票を実施しました。

  The government put the question to the people in a referendum.

• 引用した問題ではありませんが、関係代名詞と関係副詞の使い分けを問う問題がリーディングセクションにはあります。

  The problem quoted isn't one, but there are problems in the reading section that ask you to distinguish relative pronouns from relative adverbs.

• 彼女は殺人罪に問われるべきだ。

  She should be charged with murder.