聞く
きく · kiku
To hear
- to listen (e.g. to music)
- to ask, to enquire, to query
- to hear about, to hear of, to learn of
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Example sentences
テレビを見ないで、ラジオを聞く。
てれびをみないで、らじおをきく。
Instead of watching TV, I listen to the radio.
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除夜の鐘を聞くまで、年が明けた気がしない。
じやのかねをきくまで、としがあけたきがしない。
Until I hear the New Year's Eve bell, it doesn't feel like the new year has begun.
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ピストルの音を聞くと、一斉に走り出した。
ぴすとるのおとをきくと、いっせいにはしりだした。
The moment they heard the gunshot, they all started running at once.
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彼はその知らせを聞くと、すぐに家を飛び出した。
かれはそのしらせをきくと、すぐにうちをとびだした。
As soon as he heard the news, he rushed out of the house.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 聞きますききます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 聞きませんききません |
| Polite past (ました) | 聞きましたききました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 聞きませんでしたききませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 聞きましょうききましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 聞ききき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 聞きたいききたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 聞きながらききながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 聞いてきいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 聞いたきいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 聞いたらきいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 聞いているきいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 聞かないきかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 聞かなかったきかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 聞かなくてきかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 聞けるきける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 聞けばきけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 聞けきけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 聞こうきこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 聞かれるきかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 聞かせるきかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 聞かされるきかされる |
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What does 聞く mean?
To hear. It can also mean: to listen (e.g. to music); to ask, to enquire, to query; to hear about, to hear of, to learn of.
How do you pronounce 聞く?
きく (kiku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 聞く?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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