Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

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Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compound of (mi, seeing, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem form) of 見る miru “to see”) +‎ 聞き (kiki, hearing, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem form) of 聞く kiku “to hear”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Usage notes edit

The 見聞き spelling with the okurigana is more common.

Noun edit

()() (mikiki

  1. looking and listening, seeing and hearing
  2. experience, knowledge, what one has seen and heard

Idioms edit

  • 見聞きも功学 (みききもこうがく, ​mikiki mo kōgaku): “watching and listening is another effective way of learning”

Synonyms edit

Verb edit

()()する (mikiki surusuru (stem ()() (mikiki shi), past ()()した (mikiki shita))

  1. to look and listen, to observe, to experience

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN