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聞こえる

聞こえる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Verb

聞こえる (ichidan conjugation, hiragana きこえる, romaji kikoeru)

  1. hear
     (せみ) () (ごえ) ()こえる
    Semi no nakigoe ga kikoeru.
    I hear the sounds of cicadae.
  2. be audible
     (かれ)携帯電話 (けいたいでんわ)が、映画館 (えいがかん)観客全員 (かんきゃくぜんいん) ()こえるぐらいに () (ひび)いた。
    Kare no keitai denwa ga, eigakan no kankyaku zen'in ga kikoeru gurai ni narihibiita.
    His cellphone rang loud enough for everyone in the movie theater to hear it.
     (うみ) ()こえる
    Umi ga kikoeru.
    I can hear the ocean.
  3. sound, be taken as (give someone a certain impression from hearing)
  4. be widely known, be famous

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References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.