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

(Tokyo) みきき [míꜜkìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [mʲikʲi̥kʲi]

Usage notes

The 見聞き spelling with the okurigana is more common.

Noun

見(み)聞(き)き • (mikiki)

looking and listening, seeing and hearing
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

(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(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))

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

[1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 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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