訪ねる

• 読み: たずねる
• ローマ字: tazuneru
• 漢字の分解: 訪 (hou/tazu) — visit, call on
• 発音: /ta.zɯ.ne.ɾɯ/

意味

To visit; to call on someone. The act of going to see a person at their home or workplace.

A Group 2 (ichidan) transitive verb. Written with 訪 to distinguish from 尋ねる (tazuneru, to ask/inquire), which uses a different kanji. 訪ねる focuses on visiting people, while 訪れる (otozureru) is more literary and can also mean visiting places. Common in social and business contexts.

例文

1. 先週、京都に住んでいる友達を訪ねました。
2. 入院している祖母を訪ねに行きます。
3. 日本に来たら、ぜひ私を訪ねてください。

使い方ガイド

場面: social life, travel, business

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 訪 combines 言 (speech/words) with 方 (direction/person). Depicts going toward someone to speak with them — paying a visit.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal