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聞き漏らす (ききもらす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

聞きき漏もらす

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

fail to hear; miss hearing; overhear

Used when one unintentionally fails to catch or notice something said, often due to inattention or noise.

大だい事じな部ぶ分ぶんを聞きき漏もらしてしまった。
I missed hearing the important part.
騒そう音おんで相あい手ての言こと葉ば

を

聞き

き

漏も

らし

た

。

I failed to hear what the other person said because of the noise.

Written forms

聞きき漏もらすUsage54%
Standard kanji spelling.
聞ききもらすUsage23%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, common in everyday writing.
聞きき洩もらすUsage13%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 洩 is not a standard Jōyō kanji.
ききもらすUsage10%

Kanji

聞hear, ask, listen
漏leak, escape, time
洩leak, escape

Similar words

聞きき逃のがす
聞き逃す often implies letting something pass intentionally or missing a chance to hear, while 聞き漏らす focuses on unintentional failure to catch the sound or words.
聞きき落おとす
聞き落とす is similar but can also mean to deliberately omit something from a report or summary; 聞き漏らす is purely about missing auditory information.

Etymology

Compound of 聞き (stem of 聞く 'to hear') + 漏らす ('to let leak, to omit'). The literal sense is 'to let hearing leak out', i.e., to miss something said.