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聞く
きく
Common word
N5
Verbs
hear · listen to · ask; inquire · hear about; learn of · follow; obey; heed · hear out; grant; accept · smell; sample (fragrance) · taste; try (alcohol)
新聞
しんぶん
Common word
N5
Nouns
newspaper
聞こえ
きこえ
Nouns
audibility; clarity of hearing; reception · reputation; renown; fame · impression; respectability · sonority
聞ける
きける
Verbs
to tell; to relate
朝日新聞
あさひしんぶん
Nouns
Asahi Shimbun
聞こえる
きこえる
Common word
N4
Verbs
be heard; be audible; reach one's ears · sound like; come across as · be well known; be famous · accept someone's words; agree; understand
毎日新聞
まいにちしんぶん
Nouns
Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)
読売新聞
よみうりしんぶん
Nouns
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
産経新聞
さんけいしんぶん
Nouns
Sankei Shimbun (newspaper)
聞かす
きかす
Common word
N1
Verbs
let someone hear; tell; inform · make someone listen; make someone understand; drum into someone · captivate with a performance; hold someone spellbound
日本経済新聞
にほんけいざいしんぶん
Nouns
Nihon Keizai Shimbun; Nikkei
前代未聞
ぜんだいみもん
Common word
Nouns
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
聞き取り
ききとり
Common word
N2
Nouns
listening comprehension; aural comprehension · hearing what others say; gathering information; public hearing
聞き
きき
Nouns
hearing; audible sound · rumor; hearsay; reputation · tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.)
新聞紙
しんぶんし
Common word
Nouns
newspaper sheets; newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping or packing · newspaper
見聞き
みきき
N2
Nouns
seeing and hearing; information gained through experience; observation
聞き手
ききて
Common word
N1
Nouns
listener; hearer; audience · interviewer; questioner
日経新聞
にっけいしんぶん
Nouns
Nikkei Shimbun; Nihon Keizai Shimbun
朝日新聞社
あさひしんぶんしゃ
Nouns
The Asahi Shimbun Company
見聞
けんぶん
Common word
N1
Nouns
knowledge gained through seeing and hearing; information; experience
聞き覚え
ききおぼえ
Nouns
learning by ear; picking up by listening · having heard before; sounding familiar
異聞
いぶん
Nouns
strange tale; curious report
言い聞かせる
いいきかせる
N1
Verbs
tell; explain; persuade; admonish
聞き出す
ききだす
Verbs
get information out of someone; extract information; find out through questioning · begin listening
伝聞
でんぶん
Nouns
hearsay; rumor; report
聞き分け
ききわけ
Nouns
reasonableness; obedience
聞き込み
ききこみ
Nouns
information gathering; interviewing witnesses; police inquiry
聴聞
ちょうもん
Common word
Nouns
hearing; listening
醜聞
しゅうぶん
Common word
Nouns
scandal
聞き上手
ききじょうず
Nouns
good listener; being a good listener
毎日新聞社
まいにちしんぶんしゃ
Nouns
Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.
聞き耳
ききみみ
Nouns
straining one's ears; listening intently
日本経済新聞社
にほんけいざいしんぶんしゃ
Nouns
Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
百聞
ひゃくぶん
Nouns
hearing many times
盗み聞き
ぬすみぎき
Nouns
eavesdropping; tapping
聞き入れる
ききいれる
Verbs
grant (a wish); accede to; comply with; heed
聞き取る
ききとる
Common word
N3
Verbs
catch; make out; understand (by hearing) · ask about; inquire; find out by asking
聞き流す
ききながす
Verbs
ignore what one hears; let something go in one ear and out the other; pay no attention to
中日新聞
ちゅうにちしんぶん
Nouns
Chunichi Shimbun
多聞
たもん
Nouns
row house built on a castle wall · row houses surrounding a main residence · great knowledge of Buddhism · Vaisravana (abbreviation)
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