聞く

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

聞く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana きく, rōmaji kiku)

Japanese verb pair
active 聞く
mediopassive 聞こえる
  1. hear, listen
     (わたし)どこかオオカミ ()える ()いた
    Watashi wa dokoka de ōkami ga hoeru no o kiita.
    I heard wolves howling somewhere.
     (わたし)その (きょく)ラジオ ()いた
    Watashi wa sono kyoku o rajio de kiita.
    I listened to that song on the radio.
  2. to ask a question
     (みち) (まよ)った (かれ) (わたし) ()いた
    Michi ni mayotta kare wa, watashi ni kiita.
    Since he was lost he asked me the way.
  3. to smell, sniff
     (こう) ()
    Kō o kiku.
    Smell the incense.

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References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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