Takoboto

聞き, 聴き, きき

1. hearing, audible sound

2. rumour, rumor, hearsay, reputation

See 利き・きき・3

3. tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.)

聞く, 聴く, きく

Conjugated: 聞き

Godan verb, Transitive

1. to hear

esp. 聴く

2. to listen (e.g. to music)

聴く is used in legal and official contexts

3. to ask, to enquire, to query

4. to hear about, to hear of, to learn of

5. to follow (advice, order, etc.), to obey, to listen to, to comply with

音楽が好きで、毎日聴いています。

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聞き手, 聞手, 聴き手, 聴手, ききて

See 話し手・1

1. hearer, listener, audience

2. interviewer, questioner

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聞き取る, 聴き取る, 聞きとる, 聞取る, 聴取る, ききとる

Godan verb, Transitive

1. to catch (someone's words), to make out, to follow, to understand

2. to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.), to inquire

あなたの姓が聞き取れませんでした。

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聞き入れる, 聞入れる, ききいれる

Ichidan verb, Transitive

to grant (a wish), to accede, to comply with, to heed

市長は私達の願いを聞き入れてくれた。

聞き入る, 聴き入る, 聞入る, 聴入る, ききいる

Godan verb, Intransitive

to listen attentively to, to be absorbed in (listening to)

そのうちペンが手から滑り落ちてしまい、ただ聞き入るだけでした。

聞き出す, 聞きだす, ききだす

Godan verb, Transitive

1. to get information out of a person

2. to begin listening

私は彼女に取り入ってうまく秘密を聞き出した。

聞き取り調査, ききとりちょうさ

fact-finding survey based on interviews, oral survey, interview survey

聞き書き, 聞書き, 聞き書, 聞書, ききがき

Takes suru, Transitive

writing down what one hears, account of what one hears

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聞き取り, 聴き取り, 聞取り, 聴取り, ききとり

1. listening comprehension, aural comprehension

2. hearing what others say, gathering information, opinions, etc., public hearing

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聞き上手, 聞上手, ききじょうず

NA-adjective

being a good listener

人を動かす秘訣は話し上手であることより、聞き上手であることにある。

見聞き, みきき

Takes suru, Transitive

information, experience, observation, seeing and hearing

自分の目耳で見聞きしていないものは、本当かもしれないが、本当ではないかもしれない。

聞き漏らす, 聞きもらす, 聞き洩らす, ききもらす

Godan verb, Transitive

to fail to hear, to miss

私たちは一言も聞き漏らさないように注意深く聞いていた。

聞き慣れる, 聞き馴れる, 聞慣れる, 聞馴れる, ききなれる

Ichidan verb, Transitive

to get used to hearing

下聞き, したぎき

enquiring beforehand, inquiring beforehand

聞き物, 聞物, ききもの

something worth hearing, something worth listening to, feature (program), highlight

聞き所, 聞きどころ, 聴き所, 聴きどころ, ききどころ

important part (to listen to), the point (of a speech), interesting part, best part (of a piece of music or performance)

生聞き, なまぎき

being inattentive

聞き香, 聞香, ききこう

See 聞香, See 香を聞く

smelling incense, savoring incense, distinguishing incense by smell, incense-smelling party

聞き茶, 利き茶, 聞茶, 利茶, ききちゃ

See 嗅ぎ茶

1. tea tasting, tea-tasting

See 闘茶

2. tea-tasting contest

立ち聞き, 立聞き, たちぎき

Takes suru, Transitive

eavesdropping

あなたの話を立ち聞きするつもりはありませんでした。

聞き返す, 訊き返す, きき返す, ききかえす

Godan verb, Transitive

1. to listen repeatedly, to listen again

2. to ask a question in return

3. to ask again, to ask for a repeated explanation

聞き耳, 聞耳, 聴き耳, 聴耳, ききみみ

straining one's ears

彼が秘密を打ち明け始めるとみんな聞き耳をたてた。

余所聞き, よそぎき

reputation, respectability

また聞き, 又聞き, またぎき

Takes suru, Transitive

hearsay, learning by hearsay

聞き伝え, ききづたえ, ききつたえ

May take 'no'

hearsay

聞き合せ, ききあわせ

inquiry, enquiry

聞き良い, ききよい

pleasant to listen to

聞き応え, ききごたえ

worth listening to

聞き辛い, ききづらい

difficult to hear, difficult to ask

聞き落し, ききおとし

mishearing, failing to catch (something said)

聞き外す, 聞外す, ききはずす

Godan verb, Transitive, Archaism

1. to mishear

2. to stop listening halfway through

聞きなす, 聞き做す, ききなす

Godan verb, Transitive

to hear (something) as, to think that (something) sounds like