尋ねる

駅までの道を通りがかりの人に尋ねた。

I asked a passerby the way to the station.

先生に試験の範囲を尋ねてみよう。

Let's ask the teacher what the exam will cover.

警察官は彼に昨夜どこにいたかを尋ねた。

The police officer asked him where he had been the night before.

少年は母を尋ねて遠い国へ旅立った。

The boy set off for a distant land in search of his mother.

行方不明の兄を尋ねて各地を歩き回った。

I wandered from place to place looking for my missing brother.

生き別れた父を尋ねて故郷へ戻った。

He returned to his hometown to seek out the father he had been separated from.

川の源流を尋ねて山奥へ分け入った。

We made our way deep into the mountains to trace the river to its source.

この言葉の由来を尋ねると、平安時代にさかのぼる。

If you trace the origin of this word, it goes back to the Heian period.

古典に日本文化のルーツを尋ねる。

I look to the classics to trace the roots of Japanese culture.