Japanese Dictionary

Words

1000 words found
  • 聞く, 聴く, 訊く
    JLPT 5
    Kana Reading
    きく
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      Godan verb with `ku' ending, transitive verb
      Meaning
      to hear
      Example sentence
      どうかしたの?」と小さい白いウサギが聞きました。 What's the matter? asked the little white rabbit.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to listen (e.g. to music)
      Example sentence
      なんで聞くの? Why do you ask?
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to ask; to enquire; to query
      Example sentence
      恐い聞きたいなら週間見たことしてあげるよ。 If you want to hear a scary story, I'll tell you about a dream I had a few weeks ago.
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  • 新聞
    JLPT 5
    Kana Reading
    しんぶん
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
      Meaning
      newspaper
      Example sentence
      この新聞ロハ This newspaper is free.
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  • 文章
    JLPT 5
    Kana Reading
    ぶんしょう
    Word Senses
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Kanji

23 kanji found
  • JLPT 1

    10 strokes

    mosquito

    On'Yomi: ブン

    Kun'Yomi: か

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  • JLPT 4

    4 strokes

    sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

    On'Yomi: ブン, モン

    Kun'Yomi: ふみ, あや

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  • JLPT 5

    14 strokes

    hear, ask, listen

    On'Yomi: ブン, モン

    Kun'Yomi: き.く, き.こえる

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