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Grade 2JLPT N5

hear, ask, listen

14 strokes · frequency rank #319

On
ブン、モン
Kun
き.く、き.こえる

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Common words

  1. しんぶんnewspaper1
    • John was mentioned in the paper.

    • Where's the newspaper?

    • Get me the newspaper.

  2. きかすto let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to inform (of)2
    • Tell me as much about that as possible.

    • I was deeply affected when I heard of his death.

    • I'm sick of listening to your complaints.

  3. しんぶんしゃnewspaper company3
    • Which newspaper do you work for?

    • I have been working for this newspaper for 4 years.

    • The newspaper company has ten aircraft.

  4. ききてhearer; listener; audience4
  5. きくto hear5
    • I like music, and I listen to it every day.

    • You can hear English on Channel 1, and Japanese on Channel 7.

    • Want to know?

  6. ちょうもんlistening; hearing6
    • "Define your terms," requested the businessman at the contract hearings.

  7. けんぶんinformation; experience; knowledge; observation7
    • His talk led me to believe that he knows a great deal.

    • He's a well-informed person.

  8. しんぶんしnewsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.8
    • Newspapers lay scattered all over the floor.

    • He opened a newspaper and covered the dead child.

    • She left the old newspapers lying in a heap.

  9. ぜんだいみもんunheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking9
    • It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.

  10. しんぶんきじnewspaper story (article, account)10
    • I added newspaper article frequency data to the 'Kanji list' function.

    • I recalled a newspaper story about those twins.

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