聞く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "聞く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
聞く [kìkú]
Imperative (命令形) 聞け [kìké]
Key constructions
Passive 聞かれる かれる [kìkárérú]
Causative 聞かせる かせる [kìkásérú]
Potential 聞ける ける [kìkérú]
Volitional 聞こう [kìkóꜜò]
Negative 聞かない かない [kìkánáí]
Negative perfective 聞かなかった かなかった [kìkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 聞きます きま [kìkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 聞いた いた [kìítá]
Conjunctive 聞いて いて [kìíté]
Hypothetical conditional 聞けば [kìkéꜜbà]

Verb

() (kikutransitive godan (stem () (kiki), past ()いた (kiita))

Japanese verb pair
active 聞く
mediopassive 聞こえる
  1. hear, listen
    (わたし)どこかオオカミ()える()いた
    Watashi wa dokoka de ōkami ga hoeru no o kiita.
    I heard wolves howling somewhere.
    (わたし)その(きょく)ラジオ()いた
    Watashi wa sono kyoku o rajio de kiita.
    I listened to that song on the radio.
  2. to ask a question
    (みち)(まよ)った(かれ)(わたし)()いた
    Michi ni mayotta kare wa, watashi ni kiita.
    Since he was lost he asked me the way.
  3. to smell, sniff
    (こう)()
    Kō o kiku.
    Smell the incense.

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