Moto 聞: Hear; Ask; ListenKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ブン、モン
- Kun'yomi
- き(く)、き(こえる)
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 335 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ブン・モン)
- 新聞しんぶんnewspaper
- 新聞社しんぶんしゃnewspaper company
- 新聞紙しんぶんしnewsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.
- 前代未聞ぜんだいみもんunheard-of; unprecedented
- 新聞記事しんぶんきじnewspaper story (article, account)
- 聴聞ちょうもんlistening; hearing
- スポーツ新聞スポーツしんぶんsports newspaper
- 伝聞でんぶんhearsay; rumor
- 壁新聞かべしんぶんwall newspaper; wall poster
- 百聞ひゃくぶんhearing many times
- 聴聞会ちょうもんかいhearing (by a government agency)
- 見聞けんぶんinformation; experience
- 醜聞しゅうぶんscandal
- ごろ新聞ごろしんぶんracketeering newspaper; journal that demands money in return for favourable articles
- 上聞じょうぶんan imperial hearing
- 下聞かぶんenquiring beforehand; inquiring beforehand
- 仄聞そくぶんhearing casually; hearing by chance
- 他聞たぶんinforming
- 令聞れいぶんgood reputation; fame
- 余聞よぶんgossip; rumor
- 側聞そくぶんhearing casually; hearing by chance
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 聞かすきかすto let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story)
- 聞き手ききてhearer; listener
- 聞き書きききがきwriting down what one hears; account of what one hears
- 聞き取りききとりlistening comprehension; aural comprehension
- 聞き上手ききじょうずbeing a good listener; good listener
- 聞き入るききいるto listen attentively to; to be lost in
- 聞き出すききだすto get information out of a person
- 聞き取るききとるto catch (someone's words); to make out
- 聞き役ききやくlistener's role
- 聞き慣れるききなれるto get used to hearing
- 聞き流すききながすto pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of
- 聞き込みききこみgetting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
- 聞き込み捜査ききこみそうさ(police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry
- 聞き返すききかえすto listen repeatedly; to listen again
- 聞くきくto hear
- 聞こえきこえbeing able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound
- 聞こえるきこえるto be heard; to be audible
- 見聞きみききinformation; experience
- 言い聞かせるいいきかせるto tell; to advise
- 読み聞かせるよみきかせるto read aloud to another
- うわさを聞くうわさをきくto hear a rumor; to get wind of
- お聞きいただくおききいただくto ask
- お聞き頂くおききいただくto ask
- お願いを聞くおねがいをきくto grant someone's request
- かいま聞くかいまきくto get wind of
- ご用聞きごようききthe rounds of tradesmen going door to door
- といって聞かないといってきかないinsisting
- と言って聞かないといってきかないinsisting
- また聞きまたぎきhearsay; learning by hearsay
- まる聞こえまるぎこえbeing able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
- 一を聞いて十を知るいちをきいてじゅうをしるto understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive
- 下聞きしたぎきenquiring beforehand; inquiring beforehand
- 丸聞こえまるぎこえbeing able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
- 人聞きひとぎきreputation; respectability
- 人聞きの悪いひとぎきのわるいdisreputable; scandalous
- 伝え聞くつたえきくto learn by hearsay
Other readings
- ゴロ新聞ごろしんぶんracketeering newspaper; journal that demands money in return for favourable articles
- 仄聞くひのきくto hear faintly
- 余所聞きよそぎきreputation; respectability
Showing the 60 most common of 335 words. See them all in the graph.
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