見聞き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
見 聞
み
Grade: 1		 き
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 見 (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

Usage notes

The 見聞き spelling with the okurigana is more common.

Noun

見聞き (hiragana みきき, rōmaji mikiki)

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

Idioms

  • 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

  • (looking and listening): 見聞 (けんぶん, ​kenbun; けんもん, ​kenmon)
  • (experience in general): 経験 (けいけん, ​keiken)
  • (a specific experience): 体験 (たいけん, ​taiken)

Verb

見聞きする (hiragana みききする, rōmaji mikiki suru)

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

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to look and listen): 見聞 (けんぶん, ​kenbun; けんもん, ​kenmon)
  • (to experience in general): 経験 (けいけん, ​keiken)
  • (to have a specific experience): 体験 (たいけん, ​taiken)

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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