聞きき取とり

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

listening comprehension; aural comprehension

Primarily used in educational and testing contexts for the skill of understanding spoken language.

日本にほん語ご能のう力りょく試し験けんの聞きき取とり問もん題だいは難むずかしい。
The listening comprehension questions on the JLPT are difficult.
毎まい日にち英えい語ごの聞きき取とり練れん習しゅうをしている。
I practice English listening comprehension every day.

noun

hearing what others say; gathering information; public hearing

Refers to the act of listening to people's opinions or information, often in formal settings like meetings or surveys. Can also mean a public hearing.

住じゅう民みんの意い見けんの聞きき取とり調ちょう査さが行おこなわれた。
A survey was conducted to gather residents' opinions.
市し役やく所しょで公こう聴ちょう会かいの聞きき取とりが予よ定ていされている。
A public hearing is scheduled at city hall.

Usage patterns

聞きき取とりの練れん習しゅうをするto practice listening comprehension
毎まい日にち英えい語ごの聞きき取とりの練れん習しゅうをしている。
I practice English listening comprehension every day.
〈人ひと〉から聞きき取とりをするto gather information from someone through an interview or hearing
警けい察さつは目もく撃げき者しゃから聞きき取とりをした。
The police took a statement from the witness.
聞きき取とりが苦にが手てだto be poor at listening comprehension
彼かれは読よみ書かきは得とく意いだが聞きき取とりが苦にが手てだ。
He's good at reading and writing, but poor at listening comprehension.
聞きき取とりを行おこなうto conduct a hearing or interview
市しは住じゅう民みんに対たいする聞きき取とりを行おこなった。
The city conducted a hearing with the residents.

Kanji

聞hear, ask, listen
取take, fetch, take up
聴listen, headstrong, naughty

Related words

リスニング sense 1
リスニング is a loanword used almost exclusively for language-learning listening exercises, while 聞き取り is the native Japanese term covering the same skill more broadly.
ヒアリング sense 2
ヒアリング is a casual, modern loanword for gathering information or interviewing in business settings, while 聞き取り is the more formal native term for the same act.

Don't confuse with

書かき取とりN2sense 1
聞き取り means understanding or gathering spoken information, whereas 書き取り means writing down what is heard or dictated; the two share the 取り ending and often appear together in language classes.
聞きき書がき
聞き取り refers to the act of listening and understanding (e.g. listening comprehension), while 聞き書き specifically means writing down what is heard.

Word family

聞きき取とり調ちょう査さ
interview-based survey; oral survey; fact-finding survey through interviews

Written forms

聞きき取とりUsage83%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in general use.
聴きき取とりUsage13%
Alternative spelling using 聴, which emphasizes careful listening; seen in some educational contexts.
聞きき取とりUsage4%
Uncommon abbreviated spelling; learners should prefer 聞き取り.
聴きき取とり
Rare abbreviated spelling; not recommended for general use.

Etymology

Compound of 聞き (the continuative form of 聞く, 'to listen') and 取り (the continuative form of 取る, 'to take'), literally 'taking by listening'. The kanji 聴 is sometimes used to emphasize attentive listening.