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聞きく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)
esp. 聴く
3. to ask; to enquire; to query
聴く is used in legal and official contexts
4. to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
5. to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with
6. to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to
7. to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance)
8. to taste (alcohol); to try
also 利く
Alt. forms
聞きく
93%
きく
3%
聴きく
3%
Kanji used
聞
hear
Pitch accent
き
く
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Conjugations...Used in: 6588
Used in vocabulary (22 in total)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
acute ear; good ear
to overhear
to learn by hearsay
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to grant someone's request
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to ask the way
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to be widely known; to be famous
asking would be rude; tasteless question
to listen in; to eavesdrop
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
to smell incense
don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen
to talk casually; to use one's peer language (to others)
there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes
to talk casually; to use one's peer language (to others)
to get wind of
Examples (200 in total)
Hm, let's hear it.
Don't ask me.
I shouldn't have asked.
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