聞き取る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
聞 取
き
Grade: 2 		と
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「聞き取る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		聞き取る ききとる
Imperative (命令形) 聞き取れ ききとれ
Key constructions
Passive 聞き取られる ききとられる
Causative 聞き取らせる ききとらせる
Potential 聞き取れる ききとれる
Volitional 聞き取ろう ききとろー
Negative 聞き取らない ききとらない
Negative perfective 聞き取らなかった ききとらなかった
Formal 聞き取ります ききとります
Perfective 聞き取った ききとった
Conjunctive 聞き取って ききとって
Hypothetical conditional 聞き取れば ききとれば

Verb

聞(き)き取(と)る • (kikitoru) transitive godan (stem 聞(き)き取(と)り (kikitori), past 聞(き)き取(と)った (kikitotta))

  1. to catch (what people say), to follow, to understand (spoken language)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "聞き取る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 聞き取ら ききとら kikitora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 聞き取り ききとり kikitori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 聞き取る ききとる kikitoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 聞き取る ききとる kikitoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 聞き取れ ききとれ kikitore
Meireikei ("imperative") 聞き取れ ききとれ kikitore
Key constructions
Passive 聞き取られる ききとられる kikitorareru
Causative 聞き取らせる
聞き取らす 		ききとらせる
ききとらす 		kikitoraseru
kikitorasu
Potential 聞き取れる ききとれる kikitoreru
Volitional 聞き取ろう ききとろう kikitorō
Negative 聞き取らない ききとらない kikitoranai
Negative continuative 聞き取らず ききとらず kikitorazu
Formal 聞き取ります ききとります kikitorimasu
Perfective 聞き取った ききとった kikitotta
Conjunctive 聞き取って ききとって kikitotte
Hypothetical conditional 聞き取れば ききとれば kikitoreba

References

  1. ^ 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
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