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(み)聞(き)き • (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

Verb

見(み)聞(き)きする • (mikiki suru) suru (stem 見(み)聞(き)きし (mikiki shi), past 見(み)聞(き)きした (mikiki shita))

  1. 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

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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