きく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)
esp. 聴く
3. to ask; to enquire; to query
聴く is used in legal and official contexts
4. to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
5. to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with
6. to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to
7. to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance)
8. to taste (alcohol); to try
also 利く
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (26 in total)
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to grant someone's request; to do a favour
to talk casually; to use one's peer language (to others)
to talk casually; to use one's peer language (to others)
to ask for directions; to ask the way
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to learn by hearsay
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
to grant someone's request; to do a favour
to be widely known; to be famous
to see and hear; to experience; to witness
to see and hear; to experience; to witness
acute ear; good ear
to ask for directions; to ask the way
to talk casually; to use one's peer language (to others)
asking would be rude; tasteless question
to listen in; to eavesdrop
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
to smell incense
don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen
there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes
to get wind of
to hear faintly
Examples (200 in total)
Hm, let's hear it.
Don't ask me.
I shouldn't have asked.