聞き覚え – Vocabulary details

聞きき覚おぼえ

Meanings

Noun

1. learning by ear

祖そ母ぼの歌うたを聞きき覚おぼえで歌うたえるようになった。I picked up my grandmother's songs by ear and can sing them now.

2. memory of having heard something before

声こえに聞きき覚おぼえはない。I have no memory of having heard the voice before.

Alt. forms

聞きき覚おぼえ

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聞ききおぼえ

Kanji used

聞

hear

覚

awareness

Pitch accent

き

きおぼえ

Used in: 1915

Composed of

聞きき

hearing; audible sound; rumour; rumor; tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.)

覚おぼえ

memory; sense; experience

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

聞きき覚おぼえがある

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

Examples (9 in total)

声こえに聞きき覚おぼえはない。

I have no memory of having heard the voice before.

聞きき覚おぼえのある名みょう字じだった。

It was a surname I recognized.

聞きき覚おぼえのない人にん間げんの声こえだった。

It was a human voice I had never heard before.

英えい語ごは聞きき覚おぼえで話はなせるようになった。

I learned to speak English just by listening.

うっすらと聞きき覚おぼえのある語ごだったのだろう。

It was probably a word that sounded vaguely familiar.

祖そ母ぼの歌うたを聞きき覚おぼえで歌うたえるようになった。

I picked up my grandmother's songs by ear and can sing them now.

楽がく譜ふは読よめないが、聞きき覚おぼえでギターを弾ひく。

I can't read music, but I play the guitar by ear.

電でん話わの声こえは私わたしには聞きき覚おぼえのないものだった。

The voice on the phone was unfamiliar to me.

なんだかよくわからないが、どれも聞きき覚おぼえのない職しょく業ぎょうだ。

I don't quite understand, but none of them are occupations I've heard of.