聞
ブン • モン
き.く • き.こえる
hear; ask; listen
Words
聞くと見るとは大違い
きくとみるとはおおちがい
- don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen exp proverb
聞いて極楽見て地獄
きいてごくらくみてじごく
- don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight exp proverb
見ると聞くとは大違い
みるときくとはおおちがい
- there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes exp proverb
聞き耳を立てる
ききみみをたてる
- to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively exp v1
聞き逃す
ききのがす
- to fail to hear something; to miss v5s vt
- to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide v5s vt