聞
- On
- ぶん;もん
- Kun
- き.く;き.こえる
- Stroke count
- 14
・hear
・ask
・listen
Japanese dictionary
Dictionary: “聞く”
聞く
きく
to hear
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Related words to 聞く
聞く
きく
to listen (e.g. to music)
聞く
きく
to ask;to enquire;to query
聞く
きく
to hear about;to hear of;to learn of
聞く
きく
to follow (advice, order, etc.);to obey;to listen to;to comply with
聞く
きく
to hear (e.g. a plea);to grant (a request);to accept (e.g. an argument);to give consideration to
聞く
きく
to smell (esp. incense);to sample (a fragrance)
聞く
きく
to taste (alcohol);to try
聞くだけ野暮
きくだけやぼ
asking would be rude;tasteless question
聞くところによると
きくところによると
from what I've heard;according to reports;from what they say
聞くと見るとは大違い
きくとみるとはおおちがい
don't believe everything you hear;seeing is believing;to have heard of is not to have seen
聞くに堪えない
きくにたえない
painful to listen to;unbearable to hear
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
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
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
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
聞くも涙、語るも涙
きくもなみだ、かたるもなみだ
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
聞く耳
きくみみ
acute ear;good ear
聞く耳を持たない
きくみみをもたない
to turn a deaf ear to;to not listen to;to not get the message
聞く耳を持たぬ
きくみみをもたぬ
to turn a deaf ear to;to not listen to;to not get the message
聞く所によると
きくところによると
from what I've heard;according to reports;from what they say
聞く耳をもたない
きくみみをもたない
to turn a deaf ear to;to not listen to;to not get the message
聞く耳をもたぬ
きくみみをもたぬ
to turn a deaf ear to;to not listen to;to not get the message