being able to hear everything; overhearing clearly
Used when a conversation or sound is completely audible, often unintentionally or when it was meant to be private. Common in phrases like 丸聞こえだ or 丸聞こえになる.
I could hear everything from the next room.
Your voice is so loud that the meeting details are completely audible out in the hallway.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
Kana-kanji mixed variant; the first part is written in hiragana.
Uncommon mixed spelling with the second part in hiragana.
Compound of 丸 (まる, 'whole, complete') and 聞こえ (きこえ, 'audibility, being heard'), from the verb 聞こえる (きこえる, 'to be audible'). The reading ぎこえ is a rendaku (sequential voicing) form.