"聞き方" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [kʲikʲika̠ta̠] Forms: 聞き方 [canonical] (ruby: 聞(き), 方(かた)), kikikata [romanization]
Etymology: 聞き (kiki, “asking, listening”, stem of 聞く (kiku, “to ask, to listen”)) + 方 (kata, “manner”) Etymology templates: {{af|ja|聞き|方|pos1=stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">聞く</i> (kiku, “to ask, to listen”)|sort=ききかた|t1=asking, listening|t2=manner|tr1=kiki|tr2=kata}} 聞き (kiki, “asking, listening”, stem of 聞く (kiku, “to ask, to listen”)) + 方 (kata, “manner”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ききかた}} 聞(き)き方(かた) • (kikikata)
  1. way of asking
    Sense id: en-聞き方-ja-noun-kv7WsdD7 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 43 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 35
  2. way of listening
    Sense id: en-聞き方-ja-noun-lGmzMLiR Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 43 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [kʲikʲika̠ta̠] Forms: 聞き方 [canonical] (ruby: 聞(き), 方(かた)), kikikata [romanization]
Etymology: 聞き (kiki, “listening”, stem of 聞く (kiku, “to listen”)) + 方 (kata, “person”) Etymology templates: {{af|ja|聞き|方|pos1=stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">聞く</i> (kiku, “to listen”)|sort=ききかた|t1=listening|t2=person|tr1=kiki|tr2=kata}} 聞き (kiki, “listening”, stem of 聞く (kiku, “to listen”)) + 方 (kata, “person”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ききかた}} 聞(き)き方(かた) • (kikikata)
  1. listener
    Sense id: en-聞き方-ja-noun-xMBdQKjD Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 65 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 21 21 58 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 29 29 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 21 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 43 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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