質問攻め
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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質 | 問 | 攻 |
しつ Grade: 5 | もん Grade: 3 | せ > ぜ Grade: S |
on’yomi | kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 質問 (shitsumon, “question”) + 攻め (seme, “the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 攻める (semeru, “to attack”)”). The seme changes to zeme as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
質問攻め • (shitsumonzeme)
- barrage of questions, torment someone with inquiries
- 質問攻めにあう
- shitsumonzeme ni au
- be besieged with questions
- Synonym: 拷問
- 質問攻めにあう