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聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは末代の恥きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはまつだいのはじExpression
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Proverb

better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

朝に道を聞かば、夕べに死すとも可なりあしたにみちをきかば、ゆうべにしすともかなりExpression
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Proverb; From a quote by Confucius

if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret

聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはいっしょうのはじExpression
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Proverb

better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

聞くも涙、語るも涙きくもなみだ、かたるもなみだ～の Adj.Expression
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(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears

読み聞かせ読聞かせよみきかせNounTransitive～する Verb
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reading (a book) out loud; reading (to children)

聞いての通り聞いてのとおりきいてのとおりExpression
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as you (just) heard

余所聞きよそぎきNoun
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reputation; respectability

新聞倫理綱領しんぶんりんりこうりょうNoun
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Japan's press code (developed in 1946)

聞き下手ききべた～な Adj.
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poor listener

聞き合せききあわせNoun
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inquiry; enquiry

聞き落しききおとしNoun
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mishearing; failing to catch (something said)

きかん坊聞かん坊利かん坊きかんぼうNoun
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naughty child; unruly child

異聞奇譚いぶんきたんNoun四字熟語
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strange stories and curious tales

希代未聞きたいみもんNoun～の Adj.
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unheard-of; unparalleled

新聞学問しんぶんがくもんNoun
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knowledge gained (information acquired) from newspapers

新聞辞令しんぶんじれいNoun
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appointment or dismissal conjecturally reported in the media (esp. when the conjecture turned out to be wrong); announcement of an appointment that turns out to be mere press speculation

政界余聞せいかいよぶんNoun
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tidbits of political gossip

聞きたがるききたがるGodan verb
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to be curious; to be inquisitive; to want to hear

Examples
彼らはしきりにそのニュースを聞きたがっていた。
They were all agog for the news.
愚痴聞き地蔵ぐちききじぞうNoun
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Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)

聞いて極楽見て地獄きいてごくらくみてじごくExpression
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Proverb

don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight

聞き慣れたききなれた
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Noun or verb acting prenominally

familiar

寸門多羅寸聞多羅寸聞陀羅すもたらすもんたらNoun
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incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Sumatra)

聞いたか坊主きいたかぼうずNoun
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monk character in kabuki who explains the story of the play

聞くに堪えないきくにたえない～い Adj.Expression
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painful to listen to; unbearable to hear

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