音読み: ギ
訓読み: うたがう
画数: 14
部首: 疋（ひき）
Meaning
Doubt / Distrust / Suspicion / Question
- Basic forms
- 疑う — doubt; suspect / base form
- 疑います — doubts; suspects / masu form
- 疑った — doubted; suspected / ta form
- 疑って — doubting … / te form
- 疑わない — do not doubt / negative
- 疑えば — if (one) doubts / conditional
- Common expressions
- 真実を疑う — doubt the truth
- 相手を疑う — suspect someone
- 結果を疑う — question the result
- More
- 疑いたい — want to doubt / 〜たい form
- 疑おう — let’s doubt / 〜よう form
- 疑っている — is doubting; is suspicious / state
疑う（うたがう） is a godan transitive verb. It means to doubt something as true or to suspect someone or something of being wrong or dishonest.
- 疑問 — question; doubt
- 疑念 — suspicion; misgiving
- 懐疑 — skepticism
- 容疑 — suspicion (of crime)
- 疑心 — distrust; suspicious mind
- 半信半疑 — half in doubt; skeptical
- 疑惑 — doubt; misgiving; suspicion
- 疑う — to doubt; to suspect
疑 suggests hesitation — not being sure which way to go. From this idea came meanings of doubt, distrust, and suspicion. Today it’s used for both everyday uncertainty and legal suspicion.
彼の 言うことを 疑っている。
I doubt what he says.
この 話には 疑問がある。
There are doubts about this story.
疑問 — question; doubt