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聞き届ける (ききとどける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

聞きき届とどける

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

grant a request; accept a plea; hear and comply

Used when someone in authority listens to a request, prayer, or demand and agrees to it. Often implies a formal or earnest petition.

社しゃ長ちょうは従じゅう業ぎょう員いんの嘆たん願がんを聞きき届とどけた。
The company president granted the employees' petition.
神かみ様さま、どうか私わたしの祈

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聞き

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届とど

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ください

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God, please hear my prayer.

Written forms

聞きき届とどけるUsage66%
Standard kanji spelling.
聞ききとどけるUsage25%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, sometimes used for readability.
ききとどけるUsage10%
聞きき届とどける
Abbreviated kanji form; less common.

Kanji

聞hear, ask, listen
届deliver, reach, arrive

Similar words

聞きき入いれる
聞き入れる also means to accept or grant a request, but is more common and less formal. 聞き届ける emphasizes the act of listening and then formally granting, often with an authoritative nuance.

Etymology

Compound of 聞き (kiki, continuative form of 聞く 'to listen') and 届ける (todokeru, 'to deliver, to reach'). The meaning developed from 'listening and delivering (a favorable response)' to 'granting a request'.