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聞く, 聴く, きく
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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聞く耳, きくみみ
Expression
acute ear, good ear
仄聞く, ひのきく, ひのぎく
Yodan verb, Archaism
to hear faintly
道を聞く, 道を訊く, みちをきく
Expression, Godan verb
to ask for directions, to ask the way
旅人は立ち止まって私に道を聞いた。
音に聞く, おとにきく
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
to be widely known, to be famous
香を聞く, こうをきく
Expression, Godan verb, See 聞く・7
to smell incense
噂を聞く, うわさを聞く, うわさをきく
Expression, Godan verb
to hear a rumor, to get wind of
その後彼のうわさを聞かない。
垣間聞く, かいま聞く, かいまきく
Godan verb, Transitive, See 垣間見る・かいまみる, Colloquialism, Rare
to get wind of
立ち聞く, 立聞く, たちきく
Godan verb
to listen in, to eavesdrop
伝え聞く, つたえきく
Godan verb, Transitive
to learn by hearsay
お願いを聞く, おねがいをきく
Expression, Godan verb
to grant someone's request
すみませんが、お願いをきいてくださいませんか。
聞くだけ野暮, きくだけやぼ
Expression
asking would be rude, tasteless question
漏れ聞く, 洩れ聞く, もれきく
Godan verb, Transitive
to overhear, to hear (secondhand), to hear on the grapevine, to know by hearsay
言うことを聞く, 言う事を聞く, いうことをきく
Expression, Godan verb, See 言うことを聞かない
to do what one is told to, to take someone's advice, to listen to what someone says
その少年は両親の言うことを聞く。
聞く耳を持たぬ, 聞く耳をもたぬ, きくみみをもたぬ
Expression
to turn a deaf ear to, to not listen to, to not get the message
聞くに堪えない, きくにたえない
Expression
painful to listen to, unbearable to hear
聞く耳を持たない, 聞く耳をもたない, きくみみをもたない
Expression
to turn a deaf ear to, to not listen to, to not get the message
私は彼に言い聞かせているが、彼はそもそも聞く耳を持たない。
聞くところによると, 聞く所によると, きくところによると
Expression
from what I've heard, according to reports, from what they say
聞くも涙、語るも涙, きくもなみだ、かたるもなみだ
Expression, May take 'no'
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
見ると聞くとは大違い, みるときくとはおおちがい
Expression, Proverb
there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes
聞くと見るとは大違い, きくとみるとはおおちがい
Expression, Proverb
don't believe everything you hear, seeing is believing, to have heard of is not to have seen
聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは末代の恥, きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはまつだいのはじ
Expression, See 聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥, Proverb
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥, きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはいっしょうのはじ
Expression, Proverb
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
タメ口をきく, タメ口を聞く, タメぐちをきく
Expression, Godan verb, See タメ口
to talk casually, to use one's peer language (to others)
口をきく, 口を利く, 口を聞く, くちをきく
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
1. to speak, to talk
2. to mediate, to act as a go-between, to put in a good word (for someone)