問い詰める

といつめる

to press a question, to cross-examine

詰め放題

つめほうだい

stuffing a shopping container for a fixed price

問題

もんだい

question (e.g. on a test), problem

問題を避ける

もんだいをさける

to avoid a problem

詰問

きつもん

cross-examination, close questioning, demanding an explanation

問題を扱う

もんだいをあつかう

to deal with (handle) a matter

息を詰める

いきをつめる

to hold one's breath

根を詰める

こんをつめる ねをつめる

to persevere, to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)

指を詰める

ゆびをつめる

to cut off a finger (as an act of apology)

丈を詰める

たけをつめる

to shorten (a garment), to take in

王を詰める

おうをつめる

to checkmate the king

問題外

もんだいがい

unthinkable, out of the question

問題点

もんだいてん

the problem (at issue), the point at issue, problematic issue, problem

諸問題

しょもんだい

many problems, various problems

問題児

もんだいじ

problem child

難問題

なんもんだい

difficult problem or question

問題劇

もんだいげき

controversial or problem play

問題化

もんだいか

make an issue or problem of something, something becoming a problem or issue

問題作

もんだいさく

controversial work (art, literature, etc.), work that caused public criticism, work of art dealing with contemporary questions, succu00e8s de scandale