How do you say "Are you sure?"


Lets say you ask someone 元気, and they reply 元気, but their facial expression
and body language says somethings wrong. In this scenario what would the
Japanese equivalent be to asking "Are you sure?" or "Is something bothering
you?"?

Also, someone told me Japanese speakers would respond in a less contextually
generic way to things like this, with things like physical injury, romantic
injury, etc. getting a different response. Is this true? And if so, could
someone elaborate on it for me?




> In this scenario what would the Japanese equivalent be to asking "Are you
> sure?" or "Is something bothering you?"?

I would say:

> 「ホントに？」 (Are you sure? / Really?)  
>  「ホントに大丈夫？」 (Are you sure you're okay?)  
>  「どうかしたの？」 (Is something bothering you? / Is there something wrong?)  
>  「どうしたの？」 (What's wrong?)

* * *

> Japanese speakers would respond in a less contextually generic way to things
> like this, with things like physical injury, romantic injury, etc. getting a
> different response. Is this true?

I would respond the same way (like 「ホントに(大丈夫)？」「どう(か)したの？」 ) in either
situation.




> In this scenario what would the Japanese equivalent be to asking "Are you
> sure?" or "Is something bothering you?"?

I would say:

> 「ホントに？」 (Are you sure? / Really?)  
>  「ホントに大丈夫？」 (Are you sure you're okay?)  
>  「どうかしたの？」 (Is something bothering you? / Is there something wrong?)  
>  「どうしたの？」 (What's wrong?)

* * *

> Japanese speakers would respond in a less contextually generic way to things
> like this, with things like physical injury, romantic injury, etc. getting a
> different response. Is this true?

I would respond the same way (like 「ホントに(大丈夫)？」「どう(か)したの？」 ) in either
situation.

