聴取

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聴	取
ちょう Grade: S	しゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
聽取 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーしゅ [chóꜜòshù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːɕɨ]

Noun

聴(ちょう)取(しゅ) • (chōshu) ^{←ちやうしゆ (tyausyu)^?}

hearing; questioning
listening to a radio broadcast

Verb

聴(ちょう)取(しゅ)する • (chōshu suru) ^{←ちやうしゆ (tyausyu)^?}transitive suru (stem 聴(ちょう)取(しゅ)し (chōshu shi), past 聴(ちょう)取(しゅ)した (chōshu shita))

to hear (an opinion, statement, etc.); to question
to listen to a radio broadcast
- File:Asahi Shimbun Extra Edition newspaper clipping (15 August 1945 issue).jpg
  けふ正午(しやうご)に重大(ぢゆうだい)放送(はうそう)　國民(こくみん)必(かなら)ず嚴肅(げんしゆく)に聽取(ちやうしゆ)せよ
  kyō shōgo ni jūdai hōsō kokumin kanarazu genshuku ni chōshu seyo
  IMPORTANT BROADCAST TODAY: All citizens must solemnly listen.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "聴取する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	聴取し	ちょうしゅし	chōshu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	聴取し	ちょうしゅし	chōshu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	聴取する	ちょうしゅする	chōshu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	聴取する	ちょうしゅする	chōshu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	聴取すれ	ちょうしゅすれ	chōshu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	聴取せよ¹ 聴取しろ²	ちょうしゅせよ¹ ちょうしゅしろ²	chōshu seyo¹ chōshu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	聴取される	ちょうしゅされる	chōshu sareru
Causative	聴取させる聴取さす	ちょうしゅさせるちょうしゅさす	chōshu saseru chōshu sasu
Potential	聴取できる	ちょうしゅできる	chōshu dekiru
Volitional	聴取しよう	ちょうしゅしよう	chōshu shiyō
Negative	聴取しない	ちょうしゅしない	chōshu shinai
Negative continuative	聴取せず	ちょうしゅせず	chōshu sezu
Formal	聴取します	ちょうしゅします	chōshu shimasu
Perfective	聴取した	ちょうしゅした	chōshu shita
Conjunctive	聴取して	ちょうしゅして	chōshu shite
Hypothetical conditional	聴取すれば	ちょうしゅすれば	chōshu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“聴取”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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