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か

かkaN5neutral

savor + question marker — turns a finished sentence into a question

ajiwau ka

question marker — turns a finished sentence into a question

meaning: question marker — turns a finished sentence into a question

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  • 味あじわう
  • 〜か
  • 味あじわうか

この電車でんしゃは品川しながわに止とまりますか。

kono densha wa shinagawa ni tomarimasu ka.

Does this train stop at Shinagawa? neutral

「今日きょうの会議かいぎ、何時なんじからでしたっけ。」「今日きょうの会議かいぎですか。ちょっと待まってください、確認かくにんします。」

"kyou no kaigi, nanji kara deshita kke." "kyou no kaigi desu ka. chotto matte kudasai, kakunin shimasu."

"What time was today's meeting again?" "Today's meeting? Hold on, let me check." neutral

All examples6

asks a question — か goes on the end; nothing else changes

  1. この電車でんしゃは品川しながわに止とまりますか。

    kono densha wa shinagawa ni tomarimasu ka.

    Does this train stop at Shinagawa? neutral

  2. 弁当べんとう、持もってきたか?

    bentou, motte kita ka?

    Did you bring a lunch? casual

  3. すみません、ここは禁煙きんえんですか。

    sumimasen, koko wa kin'en desu ka.

    Excuse me, is this area non-smoking? neutral

  4. 資料しりょうはもうご覧らんになりましたか。

    shiryou wa mou goran ni narimashita ka.

    Have you had a look at the documents yet? formal

echoes what was just said — repeats it to check you heard right

  1. 「今日きょうの会議かいぎ、何時なんじからでしたっけ。」「今日きょうの会議かいぎですか。ちょっと待まってください、確認かくにんします。」

    "kyou no kaigi, nanji kara deshita kke." "kyou no kaigi desu ka. chotto matte kudasai, kakunin shimasu."

    "What time was today's meeting again?" "Today's meeting? Hold on, let me check." neutral

acknowledges new information — shows you heard, without asking anything more

  1. 「田中たなかさん、来月らいげつ転勤てんきんするそうですよ。」「え、そうですか。」

    "tanaka-san, raigetsu tenkin suru sou desu yo." "e, sou desu ka."

    "Apparently Tanaka is being transferred next month." "Oh, is that right." neutral

How it's formed2

All forms2

  • かいkaicolloquial

    味あじわうかい

    casual, and leans male, used with someone close or younger (元気げんきかい?). Only for yes/no questions — a question word needs だい instead (誰だれだい).

  • かねkanecolloquial

    味あじわうかね

    on a plain form it sounds like an older man talking down to someone younger (どうかね). On です/ます it just softens the question (そうですかね).

Notes

か on a plain verb sounds blunt; casual speech just rises in pitch (行いく?).
Only だ falls away before it (学生がくせいか, but 学生がくせいだったか), and
じゃないか is often just rhetorical.