聞

Meaning

聞 centers on receiving information through the ears: hearing sounds, listening to someone, or asking a question to get an answer.

• 聞くきく
  N5

  to hear

• 新聞しんぶん
  N5

  newspaper

• 聞こえきこえ

  being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reception (e.g. of a radio station)

• 聞けるきける

  to tell

• 朝日新聞あさひしんぶん

  Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

• 聞こえるきこえる
  N4

  to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears

• 毎日新聞まいにちしんぶん

  Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)

• 読売新聞よみうりしんぶん

  Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

• 産経新聞さんけいしんぶん

  Sankei Shimbun (newspaper)

• 聞かすきかす
  N1

  to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to inform (of)

• 日本経済新聞にほんけいざいしんぶん

  Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

• 前代未聞ぜんだいみもん

  unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

• 聞き取りききとり
  N2

  listening comprehension; aural comprehension

• 聞ききき

  hearing; audible sound

• 新聞紙しんぶんし

  newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.

• 見聞きみきき
  N2

  information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

• 聞き手ききて
  N1

  hearer; listener; audience

• 日経新聞にっけいしんぶん

  Nihon Keizai Shimbun (newspaper); Nikkei Shimbun

• 朝日新聞社あさひしんぶんしゃ

  The Asahai Shimbun Company

• 見聞けんぶん
  N1

  information; experience; knowledge; observation

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