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    3. 聞き出す

    聞き出す

    聞きき​出だす​

    to get (information) out of someone

    KMT10News #43+1Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab25 strokes

    聞きだす聞出す

    ききだす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to get (information) out of someone, to extract (information) from someone, to find out (through questioning)
    2.
    to begin listening (to)

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    彼かれは友とも達だちから秘ひ密みつを聞きき出だした。

    He extracted the secret from his friend.

    KMT8Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    困こまっていることを、親おやから聞きき出だすのは難むずかしい。

    It's difficult to get information about what's troubling them out of one's parents.

    KMT9Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃから事じ件けんの真しん相そうを聞きき出だそうとした。

    The police tried to extract the truth of the incident from the suspect.

    KMT10Daily LifePolitics & Law
    彼かの女じょは巧たくみな質 問 で、相あい手ての真しん意いをうまく聞きき出だした。

    She skillfully extracted the other person's true intentions with clever questions.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    顧こ客きゃくのニーズを正せい確かくに聞きき出だすことが、良よいサービス提てい供きょうの鍵かぎです。

    Accurately extracting customer needs is the key to providing good service.

    KMT10Daily LifeBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    聞
    き.く・き.こえる…(2)
    hear・ask・listen
    Kanji
    出
    で.る・-で・だ.す・-だ.す・い.でる・い.だす…(9)
    exit・leave・go out・come out・put out…(1)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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