To Inquire, To Ask
transitive verb, ichidan verb
Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means inquire so the verb vocab version is to inquire.
たずねる
I'd like to inquire about a few things. Wait, what? You won't cooperate? How about I just taze (たず) you with this tazer then? BzzzbbzbhhhAHHHHHH!
自分のウンコを食べてみて、それがすっごい苦かったんだけど、どうして苦いのかって先生に尋ねてみたら、「胆汁酸がいっぱい含まれてるから苦いんだよ」って教えてくれたよ。
I told my teacher I ate my own poop and that it was very bitter so I asked him why that was. He told me our poop contains a lot of bile acid and that’s why it’s very bitter.