聞こえ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こえ [kìkóé] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kʲiko̞e̞]

Noun

()こえ • (kikoeきこえ (kikoe)?

  1. (phonetics) sonority
  2. rumor; reputation
    (かれ)秀才(しゅうさい)()こえ(たか)い。
    Kare wa shūsai no kikoe ga takai.
    He is rumored to be very intelligent.

Verb

()こえ • (kikoeきこえ (kikoe)?

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 聞こえる (kikoeru) [ichidan]

Synonyms

  • ()こえ() (kikoe-do)