Kanji
Vocabulary
聞きく
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to hear about; to hear of; to learn of; to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; …
Godan verb
聞きく耳みみ
acute ear; good ear
Expression
聞きくだけ野や暮ぼ
asking would be rude; tasteless question
Expression
聞きく耳みみを持もつ
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
Expression
聞きく耳みみを持もたぬ
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
Expression
聞きく耳みみを持もたず
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
Expression
聞きくに堪たえない
painful to listen to; unbearable to hear
Expression
聞きく耳みみを持もたない
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
Expression
聞きくところによると
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
Expression
聞きくも涙なみだ、語かたるも涙なみだ
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
Expression
聞きくと見みるとは大おお違ちがい
don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen
Expression
聞きくは一いっ時ときの恥はじ、聞きかぬは一いっ生しょうの恥はじ
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
Expression
聞きくは一いっ時ときの恥はじ、聞きかぬは末まつ代だいの恥はじ
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
Expression