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
Top 2600
Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to talk casually; to use one's peer language (to others)
Examples (200 in total)
Hm, let's hear it.
Don't ask me.
I shouldn't have asked.