► 終助詞
か [か] [coll] meaning: question rank: 1
☆ お前狂ったのか? ⇨ 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?
☆ 窓を開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
☆ 君はどう思うかな? ⇨ What do you think?
な [な] [coll] [junior] [男] meaning: question rank: 1
☆ お前に言ったこと、分かったな? ⇨ You got what I told you, right?
☆ お母さんには言うなよ、いいな? ⇨ Don’t tell mom, OK?
な [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
☆ もしかして彼等道に迷ったのかな? ⇨ I wonder if they got lost
ね [ね] [coll] meaning: question rank: 1
☆ あいつわざとやったのかね? ⇨ Did he do it on purpose?
☆ これで本当に良いんですね? ⇨ Are you really OK with this?
☆ 分かったね? ⇨ You understood, right?
の [の] [coll] [peer] meaning: question rank: 1
☆ これが欲しいの? ⇨ Do you want this?
☆ これでいいの? ⇨ Is this OK? Will this do?
☆ 何が言いたいの? ⇨ What are you getting at?
☆ 何やってんの? ⇨ 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)
☆ 彼、私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 [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)
☆ 入り口の暗証番号は何だったっけ? ⇨ What was the passcode for the entrance? (☛ A verb in past tense + sokuon (っ) + け. Ask about something you’d known but forgot)
☆ 確定申告の締切は何時でしたっけ? ⇨ 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
☆ これで十分かい? ⇨ Is this enough? (☛ A colloquial variation of か)
かい [かい] [coll] [junior] meaning: question rank: 3
☆ おまえが吉蔵の娘かい? ⇨ 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
☆ 次の電車は何時だろう? ⇨ 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?
☆ 次の電車は何時でしょう? ⇨ What is the time for the next train?