Japanese

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Alternative spellings
聴き入る
聴入る (dated)
聞き入る
聞入る (dated)

Etymology

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From () (kiki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (kiku).) + () (iru).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ききいる (kikiirugodan (stem ききいり (kikiiri), past ききいった (kikiitta))

  1. to passionately listen to something; to become lost listening to something

Conjugation

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References

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