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► 終助詞
  [か]  [coll]    meaning:  question  rank: 1
☆ お狂ったのか? ⇨ Have you gone insane?
☆ これ使ってもいいですか? ⇨ Can I use this?
☆ もうこれ以上いらないのか? ⇨ You don’t need any more?
☆ けてもいいでしょうか? ⇨ Is it OK if I open the window?

かな  [かな]  [か+な]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  question  rank: 1
☆ はどう思うかな? ⇨ What do you think?

  [な]  [coll]  [junior]  [男]    meaning:  question  rank: 1
☆ お言ったこと、かったな? ⇨ You got what I told you, right?
☆ おさんには言うなよ、いいな? ⇨ Don’t tell mom, OK?

  [な]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  question  rank: 1
☆ これだけあれば足りるかな? ⇨ I wonder if this will be enough
☆ もしかして彼等道迷ったのかな? ⇨ I wonder if they got lost

  [ね]  [coll]    meaning:  question  rank: 1
☆ あいつわざとやったのかね? ⇨ Did he do it on purpose?
☆ これで本当いんですね? ⇨ Are you really OK with this?
☆ かったね? ⇨ You understood, right?

  [の]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  question  rank: 1
☆ これがしいの? ⇨ Do you want this?
☆ これでいいの? ⇨ Is this OK? Will this do?
☆ いたいの? ⇨ What are you getting at?
☆ やってんの? ⇨ What are you doing?
☆ え、そうなの? ⇨ Whoa, is that so?  (☛ Question to make sure of something)
☆ 本当にこれでいいの? ⇨ Is this really OK?  (☛ Question to make sure of something)

かしら  [(1)かしら]  [coll]  [peer]  [女]    meaning:  question  rank: 2
☆ このスカートどうかしら? ⇨ How about, what do you think of, this skirt?  (☛ Slightly old-fashioned. Usually used by young-adults and above)
☆ のことどう思ってるのかしら? ⇨ I wonder how he feels about me  (☛ Slightly old-fashioned. Usually used by young-adults and above)

  [け]  [っけ]  [coll]  [casual]    meaning:  question  rank: 2
☆ そうだったっけ? ⇨ Was that really so?  (☛ A verb in past tense + sokuon (っ) + け. Ask about something you’d known but forgot)
☆ 入り口暗証番号だったっけ? ⇨ What was the passcode for the entrance?  (☛ A verb in past tense + sokuon (っ) + け. Ask about something you’d known but forgot)
☆ 確定申告締切何時でしたっけ? ⇨ When is the deadline for tax return?  (☛ A verb in past tense + sokuon (っ) + け. Ask about something you’d known but forgot)

かい  [かい]  [coll]  [peer]  [男]    meaning:  question  rank: 3
☆ これで十かい? ⇨ Is this enough?  (☛ A colloquial variation of か)

かい  [かい]  [coll]  [junior]    meaning:  question  rank: 3
☆ おまえが吉蔵かい? ⇨ Are you the daughter of Kichizo?  (☛ Often used by old people in period dramas)

► 助動詞
だろ  [だろ]  [だろ(だ)]  [coll]  [peer]  [男]    meaning:  question  rank: 2
☆ おまえ冗談だろ? ⇨ You’re kidding, right?

► 成句
だろう  [だろう]  [だろ(だ)+う]  [coll]  [男]    meaning:  question  rank: 1
☆ おまえ本気じゃないだろう? ⇨ You’re not serious, right?

だろう  [だろう]  [だろ(だ)+う]  [coll]    meaning:  question  rank: 1
☆ 電車何時だろう? ⇨ What time will the next train be?

でしょう  [でしょう]  [です+う]  [coll]  [polite]    meaning:  question  rank: 1
☆ まさか本気じゃないでしょう? ⇨ You’re not serious, are you?
☆ 電車何時でしょう? ⇨ What is the time for the next train?