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聞く きく N5

  1. to hear
  2. to listen (e.g. to music)
  3. to ask; to enquire; to query
  4. to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
  5. to comply with; to follow (advice, order, etc.); to listen to; to obey
  6. to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to; to grant (a request); to hear (e.g. a plea)
  7. to sample (a fragrance); to smell (esp. incense)
  8. to taste (alcohol); to try

聞くだけ野暮 きくだけやぼ

  1. asking would be rude; tasteless question

聞くところによると きくところによると

  1. according to reports; from what I've heard; from what they say

聞くと見るとは大違い きくとみるとはおおちがい

  1. don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen

聞くに堪えない きくにたえない

  1. painful to listen to; unbearable to hear

聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥 きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはいっしょうのはじ

  1. better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは末代の恥 きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはまつだいのはじ

  1. better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

聞くも涙、語るも涙 きくもなみだ、かたるもなみだ

  1. (a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears

聞く耳 きくみみ

  1. acute ear; good ear

聞く耳を持たず きくみみをもたず

  1. to not get the message; to not listen to; to turn a deaf ear to
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