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    3. 聞き取る

    聞き取る

    聞きき​取とる​

    to catch (someone's words)

    KMT10News #36+1Ref L2Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab27 strokes

    聴き取る聞きとる聞取る聴取る

    ききとる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to catch (someone's words), to make out, to follow, to understand
    2.
    to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.), to inquire

    Stroke 0 / 27

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれの言こと葉ばを正せい確かくに聞きき取とることができなかった。

    I couldn't accurately catch his words.

    KMT7Daily Life
    電でん話わの向むこうの声こえが小ちいさくて、何なにを言いっているのか聞きき取とれなかった。

    The voice on the other end of the phone was too quiet, so I couldn't make out what they were saying.

    KMT9Daily Life
    騒さわがしい場ば所しょでは、相あい手ての声こえをはっきりと聞 き取 るのが難むずかしい。

    In a noisy place, it's difficult to clearly make out the other person's voice.

    KMT10Daily Life
    彼かれは外がい国こく語ごの微び妙みょうなニュアンスまで聞きき取とることができる。

    He can even pick up on the subtle nuances of a foreign language.

    KMT10Daily LifeEducation
    警けい察さつは目もく撃げき者しゃから事じ件けんの状じょう況きょうを詳くわしく聞きき取とった。

    The police thoroughly inquired about the circumstances of the incident from the eyewitness.

    KMT10Daily LifePolitics & Law

    Characters that make up this word

    聞
    き.く・き.こえる…(2)
    hear・ask・listen
    Kanji
    取
    と.る・と.り・と.り-・とり・-ど.り…(2)
    take・fetch・take up
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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