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Inflections of 聞く

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Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    to hear
    You can hear English on Channel 1, and Japanese on Channel 7.
  2. 2
    to listen (e.g. to music)
    esp. 聴く
    I like music, and I listen to it every day.
  3. 3
    to ask; to enquire; to query
    聴く is used in legal and official contexts
    Why do you ask?
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#19,343

Inflections of 聞く耳を持つ

Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
    usu. in the negative
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Pitch accent
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  1. from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
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  1. (a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
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#264,987

Inflections of 聞く耳を持たない

Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
    I've tried reasoning with him but he just won't listen.
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Pitch accent
しょ
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  1. better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
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#284,293
Pitch accent
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  1. don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen
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  1. better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
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