見聞き
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 見 | 聞 |
| み Grade: 1 |
き Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 見聞 |
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 • (mikiki)
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 • (mikiki suru) suru (stem 見聞きし (mikiki shi), past 見聞きした (mikiki shita))
- to look and listen, to observe, to experience
Conjugation
Conjugation of "見聞きする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 見聞きし | みききし | mikiki shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 見聞きし | みききし | mikiki shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 見聞きする | みききする | mikiki suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 見聞きする | みききする | mikiki suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 見聞きすれ | みききすれ | mikiki sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 見聞きせよ¹ 見聞きしろ² |
みききせよ¹ みききしろ² |
mikiki seyo¹ mikiki shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 見聞きされる | みききされる | mikiki sareru | |
| Causative | 見聞きさせる 見聞きさす |
みききさせる みききさす |
mikiki saseru mikiki sasu | |
| Potential | 見聞きできる | みききできる | mikiki dekiru | |
| Volitional | 見聞きしよう | みききしよう | mikiki shiyō | |
| Negative | 見聞きしない | みききしない | mikiki shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 見聞きせず | みききせず | mikiki sezu | |
| Formal | 見聞きします | みききします | mikiki shimasu | |
| Perfective | 見聞きした | みききした | mikiki shita | |
| Conjunctive | 見聞きして | みききして | mikiki shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 見聞きすれば | みききすれば | mikiki sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
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
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN