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Variations:
立ち聞く
立聞く

see styles
 tachikiku
    たちきく
(Godan verb with "ku" ending) to listen in; to eavesdrop

といって聞かない

see styles
 toittekikanai
    といってきかない
(exp,adj-i) insisting

と言って聞かない

see styles
 toittekikanai
    といってきかない
(exp,adj-i) insisting

國務院新聞辦公室


国务院新闻办公室

see styles
guó wù yuàn xīn wén bàn gōng shì
    guo2 wu4 yuan4 xin1 wen2 ban4 gong1 shi4
kuo wu yüan hsin wen pan kung shih
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China

大聖寺耳聞山仲町

see styles
 daishoujimimikiyamanakachou / daishojimimikiyamanakacho
    だいしょうじみみきやまなかちょう
(place-name) Daishoujimimikiyamanakachō

新聞広告審査協会

see styles
 shinbunkoukokushinsakyoukai / shinbunkokokushinsakyokai
    しんぶんこうこくしんさきょうかい
(org) Newspaper Advertising Review Council; (o) Newspaper Advertising Review Council

日本聞き書き学会

see styles
 nipponkikigakigakkai
    にっぽんききがきがっかい
(org) Japan Folk Narrative Recording Society; (o) Japan Folk Narrative Recording Society

聲聞乘相應作意修


声闻乘相应作意修

see styles
shēng wén shèng xiāng yìng zuò yì xiū
    sheng1 wen2 sheng4 xiang1 ying4 zuo4 yi4 xiu1
sheng wen sheng hsiang ying tso i hsiu
 shōmon jō sōō sai shu
practice of contemplation appropriate to the vehicle of the direct disciples

見猿聞か猿言わ猿

see styles
 mizarukikazaruiwazaru
    みざるきかざるいわざる
(expression) see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil; the three wise monkeys

言う事を聞かない

see styles
 iukotookikanai
    いうことをきかない
(exp,adj-i) not doing as one is told; disobedient; unruly

開聞山麓自然公園

see styles
 kaimonsanrokushizenkouen / kaimonsanrokushizenkoen
    かいもんさんろくしぜんこうえん
(place-name) Kaimonsanrokushizen Park

Variations:
聞き出す
聞きだす

see styles
 kikidasu
    ききだす
(transitive verb) (1) to get information out of a person; (transitive verb) (2) to begin listening

聞いて極楽見て地獄

see styles
 kiitegokurakumitejigoku / kitegokurakumitejigoku
    きいてごくらくみてじごく
(expression) (proverb) don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight

Variations:
ごろ新聞
ゴロ新聞

see styles
 goroshinbun(goro新); goroshinbun(goro新)
    ごろしんぶん(ごろ新聞); ゴロしんぶん(ゴロ新聞)
(See ゴロ) racketeering newspaper; journal that demands money in return for favourable articles

Variations:
御用聞き
ご用聞き

see styles
 goyoukiki / goyokiki
    ごようきき
(1) the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; (2) route man; door-to-door tradesman; order taker; order-taking; (3) (See 岡っ引き) thief taker; secret policeman

Variations:
道を訊く
道を聞く

see styles
 michiokiku
    みちをきく
(exp,v5k) to ask the way

一を聞いて十を知る

see styles
 ichiokiitejuuoshiru / ichiokitejuoshiru
    いちをきいてじゅうをしる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake

丹波多聞アンドリウ

see styles
 tanbatamonandoriu
    たんばたもんアンドリウ
(person) Tanba Tamon Andoriu (1964.4.6-)

丹羽多聞アンドリウ

see styles
 niwatamonandoriu
    にわたもんアンドリウ
(person) Niwa Tamon Andoriu

百聞は一見にしかず

see styles
 hyakubunhaikkennishikazu
    ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず
(expression) seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words

百聞は一見に如かず

see styles
 hyakubunhaikkennishikazu
    ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず

More info & calligraphy:

Seeing is Believing
(expression) seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words

言うことを聞かない

see styles
 iukotookikanai
    いうことをきかない
(exp,adj-i) not doing as one is told; disobedient; unruly

言者無罪,聞者足戒


言者无罪,闻者足戒

see styles
yán zhě wú zuì , wén zhě zú jiè
    yan2 zhe3 wu2 zui4 , wen2 zhe3 zu2 jie4
yen che wu tsui , wen che tsu chieh
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously

Variations:
聞き香
聞香(io)

see styles
 kikikou / kikiko
    ききこう
(See 聞香,香を聞く) smelling incense; savoring incense; distinguishing incense by smell; incense-smelling party

Variations:
聞きかじる
聞き齧る

see styles
 kikikajiru
    ききかじる
(transitive verb) to have a smattering knowledge of

Variations:
聞き入れる
聞入れる

see styles
 kikiireru / kikireru
    ききいれる
(transitive verb) to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

Variations:
聞き分ける
聞分ける

see styles
 kikiwakeru
    ききわける
(transitive verb) (1) to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; (transitive verb) (2) to understand; to be reasonable

Variations:
聞き損なう
聞損なう

see styles
 kikisokonau
    ききそこなう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) (1) to mishear; to fail to catch; (Godan verb with "u" ending) (2) to miss (the chance to hear)

Variations:
聞き直す
聞きなおす

see styles
 kikinaosu
    ききなおす
(transitive verb) to listen again; to ask again

Variations:
聞き苦しい
聞苦しい

see styles
 kikigurushii / kikigurushi
    ききぐるしい
(adjective) (1) unpleasant to hear; (adjective) (2) difficult to hear

Variations:
聞き落とす
聞き落す

see styles
 kikiotosu
    ききおとす
(transitive verb) (See 聞き漏らす・ききもらす) to fail to hear; to miss

Variations:
聞き覚え
聞きおぼえ

see styles
 kikioboe
    ききおぼえ
(1) learning by ear; (2) (See 聞き覚えがある) memory of having heard something before

Variations:
聞き間違い
聞間違い

see styles
 kikimachigai
    ききまちがい
mishearing

聞くと見るとは大違い

see styles
 kikutomirutohaoochigai
    きくとみるとはおおちがい
(expression) (proverb) don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen

Variations:
ブン屋
ぶん屋
聞屋

see styles
 bunya
    ぶんや
(abbreviation) (See 新聞屋・2) newspaper reporter

Variations:
垣間聞く
かいま聞く

see styles
 kaimakiku
    かいまきく
(transitive verb) (colloquialism) (rare) (See 垣間見る・かいまみる) to get wind of

Variations:
言い聞かす
言聞かす

see styles
 iikikasu / ikikasu
    いいきかす
(transitive verb) (See 言い聞かせる) to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

上海文廣新聞傳媒集團


上海文广新闻传媒集团

see styles
shàng hǎi wén guǎng xīn wén chuán méi jí tuán
    shang4 hai3 wen2 guang3 xin1 wen2 chuan2 mei2 ji2 tuan2
shang hai wen kuang hsin wen ch`uan mei chi t`uan
    shang hai wen kuang hsin wen chuan mei chi tuan
Shanghai Media Group

國家新聞出版廣電總局


国家新闻出版广电总局

see styles
guó jiā xīn wén chū bǎn guǎng diàn zǒng jú
    guo2 jia1 xin1 wen2 chu1 ban3 guang3 dian4 zong3 ju2
kuo chia hsin wen ch`u pan kuang tien tsung chü
    kuo chia hsin wen chu pan kuang tien tsung chü
State Administration for Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) (2013-2018) (abbr. to 廣電總局|广电总局[Guang3 dian4 Zong3 ju2])

日本経済新聞株式会社

see styles
 nihonkeizaishinbunkabushikigaisha / nihonkezaishinbunkabushikigaisha
    にほんけいざいしんぶんかぶしきがいしゃ
(org) Nihon Keizai Shimbun Incorporated; (o) Nihon Keizai Shimbun Incorporated

見ると聞くとは大違い

see styles
 mirutokikutohaoochigai
    みるときくとはおおちがい
(expression) (proverb) there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes

Variations:
聞く(P)
聴く(P)

see styles
 kiku
    きく
(transitive verb) (1) to hear; (transitive verb) (2) (esp. 聴く) to listen (e.g. to music); (transitive verb) (3) (聴く is used in legal and official contexts) to ask; to enquire; to query; (transitive verb) (4) to hear about; to hear of; to learn of; (transitive verb) (5) to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with; (transitive verb) (6) to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to; (transitive verb) (7) (See 香を聞く) to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance); (transitive verb) (8) (also 利く) to taste (alcohol); to try

Variations:
聞きよう
聞き様
聞様

see styles
 kikiyou / kikiyo
    ききよう
way of hearing; way a spoken statement is taken; way of asking

Variations:
聞かせどころ
聞かせ所

see styles
 kikasedokoro
    きかせどころ
most moving part; compelling part (of story); climax

Variations:
聞き古した
聞き旧した

see styles
 kikifurushita
    ききふるした
(can act as adjective) trite; hackneyed

Variations:
聞き惚れる
聞きほれる

see styles
 kikihoreru
    ききほれる
(v1,vi) to listen to in an ecstasy

Variations:
聞き飽きる
聞きあきる

see styles
 kikiakiru
    ききあきる
(transitive verb) to be tired of hearing

Variations:
多聞天
多門天(iK)

see styles
 tamonten
    たもんてん
{Buddh} Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)

Variations:
噂を聞く
うわさを聞く

see styles
 uwasaokiku
    うわさをきく
(exp,v5k) to hear a rumor; to get wind of

見ざる聞かざる言わざる

see styles
 mizarukikazaruiwazaru
    みざるきかざるいわざる
(expression) see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil; the three wise monkeys

Variations:
聞きとがめる
聞き咎める

see styles
 kikitogameru
    ききとがめる
(transitive verb) to find fault with

Variations:
聞き合わせる
聞き合せる

see styles
 kikiawaseru
    ききあわせる
(transitive verb) to make inquiries; to refer to

Variations:
聞き覚える
聞きおぼえる

see styles
 kikioboeru
    ききおぼえる
(transitive verb) (1) (See 聞き覚えがある) to be familiar; (transitive verb) (2) to learn by ear; to pick up knowledge

Variations:
聞き込み捜査
聞込み捜査

see styles
 kikikomisousa / kikikomisosa
    ききこみそうさ
(police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.

Variations:
聞こえよがし
聞えよがし

see styles
 kikoeyogashi
    きこえよがし
(noun or adjectival noun) bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them

Variations:
申し聞かせる
申聞かせる

see styles
 moushikikaseru / moshikikaseru
    もうしきかせる
(transitive verb) (humble language) (See 言い聞かせる) to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

日本新聞放送広告業者協会

see styles
 nipponshinbunhousoukoukokugyoushakyoukai / nipponshinbunhosokokokugyoshakyokai
    にっぽんしんぶんほうそうこうこくぎょうしゃきょうかい
(o) Japanese Association of Advertising Agencies

Variations:
聞きなす
聞き做す(rK)

see styles
 kikinasu
    ききなす
(transitive verb) to hear (something) as; to think that (something) sounds like

Variations:
聞き耳
聞耳
聴き耳
聴耳

see styles
 kikimimi
    ききみみ
straining one's ears

Variations:
聞き茶
利き茶
聞茶
利茶

see styles
 kikicha
    ききちゃ
(1) (See 嗅ぎ茶) tea tasting; tea-tasting; (2) (See 闘茶) tea-tasting contest

Variations:
聞き込む
聞きこむ
聞込む

see styles
 kikikomu
    ききこむ
(transitive verb) to get information; to find out; to get wind of

Variations:
お聞きいただく
お聞き頂く

see styles
 okikiitadaku / okikitadaku
    おききいただく
(exp,v5k) (polite language) to ask

Variations:
聞き返す
訊き返す
きき返す

see styles
 kikikaesu
    ききかえす
(transitive verb) (1) to listen repeatedly; to listen again; (transitive verb) (2) to ask a question in return; (transitive verb) (3) to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

Variations:
聞いてあきれる
聞いて呆れる

see styles
 kiiteakireru / kiteakireru
    きいてあきれる
(exp,v1) (1) to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; (exp,v1) (2) (as 〜が聞いてあきれる, used to indicate incredulous dismissal of some claim) who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!

Variations:
聞きしに勝る
聞きしにまさる

see styles
 kikishinimasaru
    ききしにまさる
(exp,adj-f) exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations

Variations:
盗み聞き
ぬすみ聞き(sK)

see styles
 nusumigiki
    ぬすみぎき
(noun, transitive verb) eavesdropping; tapping

Variations:
きかぬ気
利かぬ気
聞かぬ気

see styles
 kikanuki
    きかぬき
(noun or adjectival noun) (rare) (See きかん気) unruly (e.g. of a child); unyielding; disobedient; strong-willed

Variations:
きかん坊
聞かん坊
利かん坊

see styles
 kikanbou / kikanbo
    きかんぼう
naughty child; unruly child

Variations:
きかん気
利かん気
聞かん気

see styles
 kikanki
    きかんき
(adj-na,adj-no,n) unruly (e.g. of a child); unyielding; disobedient; strong-willed

Variations:
利いた風
聞いた風
きいた風

see styles
 kiitafuu / kitafu
    きいたふう
(exp,adj-na,n) flippant; saucy; know-all

Variations:
寸門多羅
寸聞多羅
寸聞陀羅

see styles
 sumotara; sumontara
    すもたら; すもんたら
(See 香道・こうどう) incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Sumatra)

Variations:
言うことを聞く
言う事を聞く

see styles
 iukotookiku
    いうことをきく
(exp,v5k) (See 言うことを聞かない) to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

Variations:
聞きにくい
聞き難い
聞き悪い

see styles
 kikinikui
    ききにくい
(adjective) (1) difficult to hear; indistinct; (adjective) (2) hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; (adjective) (3) unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to

Variations:
聞き過ごす
聞き過す
聞過ごす

see styles
 kikisugosu
    ききすごす
(transitive verb) to fail to catch; to ignore

Variations:
聞きもしないで
聴きもしないで

see styles
 kikimoshinaide
    ききもしないで
(expression) without even asking; without even listening; without careful inquiry (enquiry)

Variations:
聞き分けの良い
聞き分けのよい

see styles
 kikiwakenoyoi
    ききわけのよい
(exp,adj-i) (See 聞き分けのいい・ききわけのいい) reasonable

Variations:
聞く耳を持たぬ
聞く耳をもたぬ

see styles
 kikumimiomotanu
    きくみみをもたぬ
(expression) to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message

聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥

see styles
 kikuhaittokinohajikikanuhaisshounohaji / kikuhaittokinohajikikanuhaisshonohaji
    きくはいっときのはじきかぬはいっしょうのはじ
(expression) (proverb) 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

see styles
 kikuhaittokinohajikikanuhamatsudainohaji
    きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじ
(expression) (proverb) (See 聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥) better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

Variations:
丸聞こえ
まる聞こえ
丸ぎこえ

see styles
 marugikoe
    まるぎこえ
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)

Variations:
聞き手(P)
聞手
聴き手
聴手

see styles
 kikite
    ききて
(1) (See 話し手・1) hearer; listener; audience; (2) interviewer; questioner

Variations:
聞きつける
聞き付ける
聞付ける

see styles
 kikitsukeru
    ききつける
(transitive verb) (1) to hear; to catch (the sound of something); (transitive verb) (2) to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to learn of (something); (transitive verb) (3) to get used to hearing

Variations:
聞き覚えがある
聞きおぼえがある

see styles
 kikioboegaaru / kikioboegaru
    ききおぼえがある
(exp,v5r-i) to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

Variations:
聞き出す
聞きだす
聞出す(sK)

see styles
 kikidasu
    ききだす
(transitive verb) (1) to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); (transitive verb) (2) to begin listening (to)

Variations:
聞き巧者
聴き巧者
聞巧者(sK)

see styles
 kikigousha / kikigosha
    ききごうしゃ
(rare) (See 聞き上手) being a good listener; good listener

Variations:
聞き届ける
聞きとどける
聞届ける

see styles
 kikitodokeru
    ききとどける
(transitive verb) to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)

Variations:
聞き漏らす
聞きもらす
聞き洩らす

see styles
 kikimorasu
    ききもらす
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to fail to hear; to miss

Variations:
聞くところによると
聞く所によると

see styles
 kikutokoroniyoruto
    きくところによると
(expression) from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say

Variations:
聞く耳を持たない
聞く耳をもたない

see styles
 kikumimiomotanai
    きくみみをもたない
(exp,adj-i) to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message

Variations:
聞き書き(P)
聞書き
聞き書
聞書

see styles
 kikigaki
    ききがき
(noun, transitive verb) writing down what one hears; account of what one hears

Variations:
聞くも涙語るも涙
聞くも涙、語るも涙

see styles
 kikumonamidakatarumonamida
    きくもなみだかたるもなみだ
(exp,adj-no) (a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears

Variations:
口をきく
口を利く
口を聞く(iK)

see styles
 kuchiokiku
    くちをきく
(exp,v5k) (1) (idiom) to speak; to talk; (exp,v5k) (2) (idiom) to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

Variations:
道を聞く
道を訊く
道をきく(sK)

see styles
 michiokiku
    みちをきく
(exp,v5k) to ask for directions; to ask the way

Variations:
言うことを聞かない
言う事を聞かない

see styles
 iukotookikanai
    いうことをきかない
(exp,adj-i) (See 言うことを聞く・いうことをきく) not doing as one is told; disobedient; unruly

Variations:
話し上手は聞き上手
話上手は聞き上手

see styles
 hanashijouzuhakikijouzu / hanashijozuhakikijozu
    はなしじょうずはききじょうず
(expression) (proverb) good talkers make good listeners

Variations:
ご多分に漏れず
ご多分に洩れず
ご多分にもれず(sK)
御多分に漏れず(sK)
御多分に洩れず(sK)
御多分にもれず(sK)
ご他聞にもれず(sK)
ご他聞に漏れず(sK)
ご多聞に漏れず(sK)
ご多聞にもれず(sK)
ごたぶんに漏れず(sK)

see styles
 gotabunnimorezu
    ごたぶんにもれず
(expression) (See 御多分) as is usual with; in common with

Variations:
聞き手(P)
聴き手
聞手(sK)
聴手(sK)

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 kikite
    ききて
(1) (See 話し手・1) hearer; listener; audience; (2) interviewer; questioner

Variations:
聞き取り(P)
聴き取り
聞取り
聴取り

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 kikitori
    ききとり
(1) listening comprehension; aural comprehension; (2) hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing

Variations:
聞き所
聞きどころ
聴き所
聴きどころ

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 kikidokoro
    ききどころ
important part (to listen to); the point (of a speech); interesting part; best part (of a piece of music or performance)

Variations:
聞き漏らす
聞きもらす
聞き洩らす(rK)

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 kikimorasu
    ききもらす
(transitive verb) to fail to hear; to miss

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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