尋ねる
解説 Definition
尋ねること、頼むことという意味です。asking は ask（尋ねる、頼む）の現在分詞・動名詞で、質問したり依頼したりする行為を名詞的に表します。
Asking is the act of putting a question to someone or requesting something from them. It is the gerund form of ask and functions as a noun in expressions such as asking questions.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
ask「尋ねる、頼む」に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、/ˈæskɪŋ/ と発音します。asking questions なら「質問すること」、thank you for asking なら「尋ねてくれたこと」です。question より日常的な基本語で、「答えや助けを相手に求める行為」という共通像で質問と依頼の二義を結びます。
Asking is ask plus -ing, with no spelling change, and it is pronounced /ˈæskɪŋ/. Use one simple core idea: reaching toward another person for information, help, or permission. In asking questions, you seek an answer; in asking for help, you make a request. This explains why ask covers both “question” and “request.” Notice common patterns such as asking questions, asking for advice, and Thank you for asking. As a gerund, asking names the action itself, while the same form can also be a present participle in a verb phrase such as She is asking.
例文
Asking is okay.
尋ねることは大丈夫です。
Asking questions helps me learn.
質問することは学ぶ助けになります。
Thank you for asking.
尋ねてくれてありがとうございます。
asking の類義語・関連語
asking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 āscian（尋ねる）から。ゲルマン祖語 *aiskōną に遡り、「求める・願う」が原義。ask + -ing で名詞化し「質問・依頼」の意に。関連語：ask。ラテン語系の question（quaerere＝求める）と意味が重なるが、askは日常的な「尋ねる」を担う基本語。
Asking is formed from the verb ask and the suffix -ing. Ask descends from Old English āscian or āxian, “to ask, inquire, or request,” and is related to other Germanic forms reconstructed from Proto-Germanic. The spelling variants already existed in Old English, which helps explain the historical dialect form ax. In modern standard English, asking can function as a gerund naming the act or as a present participle within a verb phrase.
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