The Japanese word for to listen is
聞く
きく - kikuJapanese Definition
listen | |
1. 動詞. (自動詞)(送り仮名2, 聞, き, く, きく)、聴く、傾聴する、耳を傾ける。 | |
2. 動詞. (自動詞)(送り仮名2, 従, したが, う, したがう)。 | |
3. 動詞. (他動詞)酒を勧める。 | |
4. 動詞. (他動詞)溶液に浸す。 |
Translations for listen and their definitions
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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