Japanese Word of the Day

聞く
きく - kiku

listen

Definitions

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聞く

1. v. (ja-vp, 聞く, 聞こえる)

2. v. 聞く, 聴く: to hear, to listen

よく聞くとセミの鳴き声が聞こえる。 - If you listen closely, you can hear the cicadas.

そんなの聞いたことないぞ。 - Never heard of such a thing, dude.

3. v. 聞く: to obey

言うことを聞かない - literally to not listen to what is said

4. v. 聞く, 訊く: to ask a question

お母さんに聞いたら、だめだって。 - When I asked my mom, she said no.

道に迷った彼は、私に聞いた。 - Since he was lost he asked me the way.

5. v. 聞く: to smell, sniff

香を聞く - to smell the incense

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