修辞疑問

修辞疑問

Japanese

Kanji in this term
修	辞	疑	問
しゅう Grade: 5	じ Grade: 4	ぎ Grade: 6	もん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From 修辞(しゅうじ) (shūji, “rhetoric”) + 疑問(ぎもん) (gimon, “question”). Calque of English rhetorical question.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːʑi ɡʲimõ̞ɴ]

Noun

修辞疑問(しゅうじぎもん) • (shūji gimon)  (historical kana しうじぎもん)

1. rhetorical question