| Subject | English | Russian |
| Игорь Миг | pointed question | конкретный вопрос |
| gen. | pointed question | открыто критикующий (of a remark or look) expressing criticism in a direct and unambiguous way.‘pointed comments were made about racial discrimination within the army' Bullfinch) |
| adv. | pointed question | целенаправленный вопрос |
| dipl. | pointed question | острый вопрос (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| Игорь Миг | pointed question | вопрос по существу |
| gen. | pointed question | вопрос, преследующий определённую цель |
| gen. | this question is particularly pointed in Europe | этот вопрос особенно остро стоит в Европе (Olga Okuneva) |