► 動詞
聞く [(2)きく] meaning: hear rank: 1
☆ そうしなくてはいけないとは聞いていません ⇨ Nobody has told, instructed, me that I have to do so
☆ そんなバカな話は聞いたことがない ⇨ I’ve never heard anything that stupid before
聞こえる [きこえる] meaning: hear rank: 1
☆ そんなに大きな声で話したら人に聞こえるよ ⇨ If you talk that loud people will hear you (☛ Can hear)
☆ 聞こえますか？ ⇨ Can you hear me? (☛ Can hear)
☆ 遠くで爆発音が聞こえた ⇨ I heard an explosion in a distance (☛ Can hear)
伺う [うかがう] [humble] meaning: hear rank: 2
☆ その事は私も伺っております ⇨ I heard about it myself too
聞き取る [(3)ききとる] meaning: hear rank: 2
☆ 雑音が大きすぎてはっきり聞き取れない ⇨ The noise is too high and I can’t hear out clearly (☛ Hear and understand)
聞き及ぶ [(4)ききおよぶ] [liter] meaning: hear rank: 4
☆ 彼は噂を聞き及んだ ⇨ He got to hear the rumor
聞き付ける [(4)ききつける] meaning: hear rank: 4
☆ 私が宝くじ当たったという噂を聞きつけて金目当ての連中が集まってきた ⇨ Those who heard the rumor I had won a lottery gathered around me (☛ Hear something through the grapevine)
漏れ聞く [(3)もれきく] meaning: hear rank: 4
☆ 私は彼等の本音を漏れ聞いた ⇨ I happened to hear their true feelings (☛ Literally means “leak and hear”)
伝聞 [でんぶん] [伝聞する] meaning: hear rank: 5
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► 成句
耳 [(2)みみ] [耳にする] meaning: hear rank: 2
☆ 私は噂を耳にした ⇨ I heard a rumor (☛ Hear something by chance)
耳 [(2)みみ] [耳に入る] meaning: hear rank: 2
☆ この事が警察の耳に入るとまずい (みみにはいる) ⇨ We will be in trouble if police hears, learns, about this
耳 [(2)みみ] [耳に挟む] meaning: hear rank: 3
☆ 私は噂を耳に挟んだ ⇨ I heard a rumor (☛ Hear something by chance)
小耳 [こみみ] [小耳に挟む] meaning: hear rank: 4
☆ 気になる噂を小耳に挟んだ ⇨ I heard a worrying rumor
► 名詞
聴覚 [(1)ちょうかく] [tech] meaning: hear rank: 3
☆ 聴覚障害 ⇨ Hearing impairment
難聴 [なんちょう] [tech] meaning: hear rank: 3
☆ 加齢による難聴 ⇨ Age-related hearing loss
百聞 [ひゃくぶん] meaning: hear rank: 3
☆ 百聞は一見に如かず (しかず) ⇨ Seeing once is better than hearing 100 times. Seeing is believing (☛ A common phrase)
又聞き [またぎき] meaning: hear rank: 4
☆ 私はそれは又聞きしただけで、本人から聞いたわけじゃない ⇨ I heard it from a third person, not from the first person
聾 [ろう] meaning: hear rank: 4
☆ 聾学校 ⇨ A school for deaf students
地獄耳 [じごくみみ] meaning: hear rank: 5
☆ 地獄耳のオバサン ⇨ A middle-aged woman with ears of hell, who hears and knows every rumor
► 形容詞
遠い [とおい] [耳が遠い] [coll] meaning: hear rank: 1
☆ うちの祖父は耳が遠い ⇨ My grandfather is hard of hearing (☛ Usually about hearing loss from aging)