Results, listen to
- 泣く子と地頭には勝てぬ【なくことじとうにはかてぬ】
expression:
- you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - idiom ➜ 泣く子と地頭には勝てない【なくことじとうにはかてない】
- 泣く子と地頭には勝てない【なくことじとうにはかてない】
expression:
- you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - proverb
- 親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない【おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない】
expression:
- always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain [literal] - proverb
- 相手にする【あいてにする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- 聞く耳を持たない【きくみみをもたない】聞く耳をもたない Inflection
expression / adjective:
- to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
- 愛聴【あいちょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- loving listening to something; loving to listen to something
- 良薬は口に苦し【りょうやくはくちににがし】
expression:
- good medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to - proverb
- 言うことを聞く【いうことをきく】言う事を聞く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says ➜ 言うことを聞かない
- 講書始【こうしょはじめ】
noun:
- Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)
- 取り上げる☆【とりあげる】取りあげる・取上げる☆・採り上げる・とり上げる・採りあげる・採上げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to pick up
- to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take up (a topic, complaint, etc.); to listen to; to deal with; to feature
- to take away; to confiscate; to deprive (someone) of; to revoke
- to deliver (a baby)
- to collect (taxes)
彼の提案は話にとりあげるほどのこともない。 His proposal is not worth talking about.
電話が鳴る。スーザンは受話器を取り上げる。 The telephone rings. Susan picks it up.
- 入れる☆【いれる】容れる・函れる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo)
- to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire
- to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to - esp. 容れる
- to include
- to pay (one's rent, etc.)
- to cast (a vote)
- to make (tea, coffee, etc.) ➜ 淹れる
- to turn on (a switch, etc.)
- to send (a fax); to call
留学生も入れるのかしら。 I wonder if exchange students can join this club.
彼女はお茶を入れる前にお湯が沸くまで待った。 She waited until the water boiled before making the tea with it.
- 聞きにくい【ききにくい】聞き難い・聞き悪い Inflection
adjective:
- difficult to hear; indistinct
- hesitating to ask; awkward to ask
- unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
- 聞き返す☆【ききかえす】訊き返す・きき返す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to listen repeatedly; to listen again
- to ask a question in return
- to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
- 聞き入る☆【ききいる】聴き入る・聞きいる・聴きいる・聞入る・聴入る Inflection
godan ~る verb:
- to listen attentively to; to be lost in
そのうちペンが手から滑り落ちてしまい、ただ聞き入るだけでした。 Then the pen fell from my hand and I just listened.
- 耳を澄ます【みみをすます】耳をすます Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to listen carefully; to strain one's ears ➜ 澄ます【すます】
- 聴き込む【ききこむ】聴きこむ Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to listen intently; to focus on (music, speech, etc.)
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