Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
聞き分ける
聞分ける

Etymology edit

From () (kiki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (kiku, to hear, to listen; to obey)) + ()ける (wakeru).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) きわけ [kìkíwákéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲikʲiɰᵝa̠ke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb edit

ききわける (kikiwakeruききわける (kikiwakeru)?ichidan (stem ききわけ (kikiwake), past ききわけた (kikiwaketa))

  1. to distinguish by listening
  2. to listen (obey)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN