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聞きく

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Inflections of 聞く

Class Godan verb

Stem Inflected ending

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Common N5

Pitch accent

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Meaning

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   Godan verb Transitive verb

   to hear

   一番のチャンネルで英語が、７番のチャンネルでは日本語がお聞きになれます。

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   Godan verb Transitive verb

   to listen (e.g. to music)

   esp. 聴く

   音楽が好きで、毎日聴いています。

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   Godan verb Transitive verb

   to ask;to enquire;to query

   聴く is used in legal and official contexts

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Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen

Forms

聞く#63きく#2,609聴く#2,671

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聞きく耳みみ

#17,840

Meaning

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   Expression Noun

   acute ear;good ear

   注意ちゅういしようとしたが、聞きく耳みみを持もたなかった。

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 耳 ジ ear

Forms

聞く耳#17,840きくみみ

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聞きく耳みみを持もつ

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Inflections of 聞く耳を持つ

Class Godan verb

Stem Inflected ending

✕

Meaning

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   English · JMdict

   Expression Godan verb

   to lend an ear (to);to hear out;to listen to

   usu. in the negative

   See also: 聞く耳を持たない (きくみみをもたない)

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 耳 ジ ear 持 ジ hold, have

Forms

聞く耳を持つ#19,412きくみみをもつ

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4)

聞きくところによると

#29,650

Meaning

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   Expression

   from what I've heard;according to reports;from what they say

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen

Forms

聞くところによると#29,650聞く所によると#115,910きくところによると#201,570

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聞きくに堪たえない

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Inflections of 聞くに堪えない

Class I-adjective

Stem Inflected ending

✕

Meaning

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   Expression I-adjective

   painful to listen to;unbearable to hear

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 堪 カン withstand, endure, support

Forms

聞くに堪えない#44,559きくにたえない#391,649

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聞きくだけ野暮やぼ

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Meaning

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   Expression

   asking would be rude;tasteless question

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 野 ヤ plains, field, rustic 暮 ボ evening, twilight, season's end

Forms

聞くだけ野暮#79,099きくだけやぼ#391,649

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7)

聞きくも涙、語なみだ、かたるも涙なみだ

Meaning

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   Expression Adjective

   (a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 涙 ルイ tears, sympathy 語 ゴ word, speech, language 涙 ルイ tears, sympathy

Forms

聞くも涙、語るも涙きくもなみだ、かたるもなみだ

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聞きく耳みみを持もたぬ

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Meaning

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   Expression Adjective

   to turn a deaf ear to;to not listen to;to not get the message

   See also: 聞く耳を持たない (きくみみをもたない)

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 耳 ジ ear 持 ジ hold, have

Forms

聞く耳を持たぬ#117,451きくみみをもたぬ

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聞きく耳みみを持もたない

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Inflections of 聞く耳を持たない

Class I-adjective

Stem Inflected ending

✕

Meaning

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   Expression I-adjective

   to turn a deaf ear to;to not listen to;to not get the message

   私は彼に言い聞かせているが、彼はそもそも聞く耳を持たない。

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 耳 ジ ear 持 ジ hold, have

Forms

聞く耳を持たない#264,127きくみみをもたない

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聞きくは一時いっときの恥、聞はじ、きかぬは一生いっしょうの恥はじ

Meaning

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   Expression Proverb

   better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 一 イチ one, one radical (no.1) 時 ジ time, hour 恥 チ shame, dishonor 聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 一 イチ one, one radical (no.1) 生 セイ life, genuine, birth 恥 チ shame, dishonor

Forms

聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはいっしょうのはじ

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聞きくと見みるとは大違おおちがい

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Meaning

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   Expression Proverb

   don't believe everything you hear;seeing is believing;to have heard of is not to have seen

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 見 ケン see, hopes, chances 大 ダイ large, big 違 イ difference, differ

Forms

聞くと見るとは大違い#283,401きくとみるとはおおちがい

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聞きくは一時いっときの恥、聞はじ、きかぬは末代まつだいの恥はじ

Meaning

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   Expression Proverb

   better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

   See also: 聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥 (きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはいっしょうのはじ)

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 一 イチ one, one radical (no.1) 時 ジ time, hour 恥 チ shame, dishonor 聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 末 マツ end, close, tip 代 ダイ substitute, change, convert 恥 チ shame, dishonor

Forms

聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは末代の恥きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはまつだいのはじ

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聞きく耳みみを持もたず

Meaning

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   Expression

   to turn a deaf ear to;to not listen to;to not get the message

   See also: 聞く耳を持たない (きくみみをもたない)

Kanji

聞 ブン hear, ask, listen 耳 ジ ear 持 ジ hold, have

Forms

聞く耳を持たずきくみみをもたず

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Sentences

なんで聞きくの？

Why do you ask?

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今日きょうはもう聞きかないよ。

I won't ask you anything else today.

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恐こわい話はなしが聞ききたいなら、数週間すうしゅうかん前まえに私わたくしが見みた夢ゆめのことを話はなしてあげるよ。

If you want to hear a scary story, I'll tell you about a dream I had a few weeks ago.

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「どうかしたの？」と小ちいさな白しろいウサギが聞ききました。

"What's the matter?" asked the little white rabbit.

Tatoeba

私わたくしの言いう事ことを聞きくべきだったのに。

You should have listened to me.

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