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"2": "ojp",
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},
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},
{
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},
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"name": "C.E."
},
{
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{
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"2": "未然形",
"t": "irrealis form",
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{
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{
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"1": "ams",
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"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. First appears in the Kojiki of 712 CE in its 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”), spelled in phonetic man'yōgana as 岐加受 (kikazu). Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *kiku.\nCognates\nIn the Ryukyuan branch of Japonic, cognate with Kikai 聞きゅい (kikyui), Kunigami 聞ちゅん (hichun, shichun), Miyako 聞きぃ (ksïksï), Northern Amami-Oshima 聞きゅり (kikyuri), Okinawan 聞ちゅん (chichun), Oki-No-Erabu 聞きゅん (kikyun), Southern Amami-Oshima 聞きゅむっ (xikyum), Toku-No-Shima 聞き (kiki), Yaeyama 聞くん (sïkun), Yonaguni 聞ん (kkun), and Yoron 聞きゅん (kikyun).",
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"聞",
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"聞",
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{
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"error-unrecognized-form"
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},
{
"form": "聞け",
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"error-unrecognized-form"
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{
"form": "きけ",
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"error-unrecognized-form"
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},
{
"form": "kike",
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"error-unrecognized-form"
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},
{
"form": "聞かれる",
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},
{
"form": "きかれる",
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"passive"
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},
{
"form": "kikareru",
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"passive"
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"form": "聞かせる",
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{
"form": "聞かす",
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"causative"
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{
"form": "きかせる",
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"causative"
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},
{
"form": "きかす",
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"causative"
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{
"form": "kikaseru",
"source": "conjugation",
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"causative"
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},
{
"form": "kikasu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"causative"
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},
{
"form": "聞ける",
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"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "きける",
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"potential"
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},
{
"form": "kikeru",
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"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "聞こう",
"source": "conjugation",
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"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "きこう",
"source": "conjugation",
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"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "kikō",
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"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "聞かない",
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"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "きかない",
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"negative"
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"form": "kikanai",
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"negative"
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},
{
"form": "聞かず",
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"form": "きかず",
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"continuative",
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]
},
{
"form": "kikazu",
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]
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{
"form": "聞きます",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ききます",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "kikimasu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "聞いた",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfective"
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"form": "きいた",
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"perfective"
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},
{
"form": "kiita",
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"perfective"
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},
{
"form": "聞いて",
"source": "conjugation",
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"conjunctive"
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},
{
"form": "きいて",
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"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "kiite",
"source": "conjugation",
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"conjunctive"
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},
{
"form": "聞けば",
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"conditional",
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"form": "きけば",
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"conditional",
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{
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]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
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{
"form": "ja-conj-bungo",
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"inflection-template"
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},
{
"form": "聞か",
"source": "conjugation",
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"irrealis",
"stem"
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},
{
"form": "きか",
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"irrealis",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "kika",
"source": "conjugation",
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"irrealis"
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},
{
"form": "聞き",
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"continuative",
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},
{
"form": "きき",
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"continuative",
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},
{
"form": "kiki",
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"continuative"
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},
{
"form": "聞く",
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"stem",
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{
"form": "きく",
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{
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"terminative"
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{
"form": "聞く",
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{
"form": "kiku",
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"attributive"
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{
"form": "聞け",
"source": "conjugation",
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"realis",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "きけ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"realis",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "kike",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "聞け",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"stem"
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},
{
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"stem"
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},
{
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"imperative"
]
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{
"form": "聞かず",
"source": "conjugation",
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"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "きかず",
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"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "kikazu",
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"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "聞けど",
"source": "conjugation",
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"contrastive"
]
},
{
"form": "きけど",
"source": "conjugation",
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"contrastive"
]
},
{
"form": "kikedo",
"source": "conjugation",
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"contrastive"
]
},
{
"form": "聞けば",
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"causative"
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},
{
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},
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},
{
"form": "聞かば",
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},
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]
},
{
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},
{
"form": "聞きき",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ききき",
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"past"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "聞きけり",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
]
},
{
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},
{
"form": "kikikeri",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "聞きつ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "ききつ",
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"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "kikitu",
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"perfect"
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},
{
"form": "聞きぬ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "ききぬ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "kikinu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfect"
]
},
{
"form": "聞けり",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "聞きたり",
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"continuative",
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]
},
{
"form": "きけり",
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},
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},
{
"form": "kikitari",
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]
},
{
"form": "聞かむ",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "きかむ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "kikamu",
"source": "conjugation",
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}
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"tr": "trans",
"type": "1"
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"expansion": "聞(き)く • (kiku) transitive godan (stem 聞(き)き (kiki), past 聞(き)いた (kiita))",
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}
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"2": "4-k"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "hear",
"roman": "kikoeru",
"ruby": [
[
"聞",
"き"
]
],
"word": "聞こえる"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "at TV or Video",
"roman": "shichō suru",
"ruby": [
[
"視",
"し"
],
[
"聴",
"ちょう"
]
],
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "視聴する: watch and listen"
}
],
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{
"_dis": "51 7 5 37",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "ja",
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"Perception",
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"Human",
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"Fundamental"
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"ruby": [
[
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[
"鳴",
"な"
],
[
"声",
"ごえ"
],
[
"聞",
"き"
]
],
"text": "よく聞くとセミの鳴き声が聞こえる。"
},
{
"english": "Never heard of such a thing, dude.",
"roman": "Sonna no kīta koto nai zo.",
"ruby": [
[
"聞",
"き"
]
],
"text": "そんなの聞いたことないぞ。"
}
],
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],
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[
"聞く",
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],
[
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"聴く#Japanese"
],
[
"聴",
"聴#Japanese"
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[
"hear",
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[
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{
"categories": [],
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[
"言",
"い"
],
[
"聞",
"き"
]
],
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}
],
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],
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[
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],
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"obey",
"obey"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "When I asked my mom, she said no.",
"roman": "Okāsan ni kiitara, dame da tte.",
"ruby": [
[
"母",
"かあ"
],
[
"聞",
"き"
]
],
"text": "お母さんに聞いたら、だめだって。"
},
{
"english": "Since he was lost he asked me the way.",
"roman": "Michi ni mayotta kare wa, watashi ni kiita.",
"ruby": [
[
"道",
"みち"
],
[
"迷",
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],
[
"彼",
"かれ"
],
[
"私",
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[
"聞",
"き"
]
],
"text": "道に迷った彼は、私に聞いた。"
}
],
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[
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[
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"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"roman": "tazuneru",
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}
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{
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"_dis": "16 10 10 63",
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},
{
"_dis": "12 9 9 70",
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],
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},
{
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],
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},
{
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"き"
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{
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[
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[
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[
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[
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],
"text": "道に迷った彼は、私に聞いた。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"聞く, 訊く: to ask a question"
],
"links": [
[
"聞く",
"聞く#Japanese"
],
[
"訊く",
"訊く#Japanese"
],
[
"ask",
"ask"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to smell the incense",
"roman": "kō o kiku",
"ruby": [
[
"香",
"こう"
],
[
"聞",
"き"
]
],
"text": "香を聞く"
}
],
"glosses": [
"聞く: to smell, sniff"
],
"links": [
[
"聞く",
"聞く#Japanese"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "きく"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʲi̥kɯ̟ᵝ]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "tazuneru",
"ruby": [
[
"尋",
"たず"
]
],
"sense": "ask",
"word": "尋ねる"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Kojiki",
"man'yōgana"
],
"word": "聞く"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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