This is the 7844th most frequent Japanese word.
問いかけ
"問いかけ" means "a question or inquiry posed to provoke thought or response."
In this sentence, '問いかけ' represents a specific query or prompting question made by her.
彼女の問いかけに、誰もがしばし沈黙した。
Everyone momentarily fell silent at her questioning.
Here, '問いかけ' is used as a noun to describe the act of posing a question or an inquiry.
先生が新しいテーマについて問いかけをした。
The teacher posed a question about a new topic.
The usage of '問いかける' as a verb form indicates introspective questioning or deep pondering.