聞

unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied

(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new

difficult to hear; indistinct

hesitating to ask; awkward to ask

unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to

seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences

to mishear

unpleasant to hear

difficult to hear

Product name

Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

Adjective - yoi/ii class

reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told

to be deaf; to not be able to hear

the rounds of tradesmen going door to door

route man; door-to-door tradesman; order taker; order-taking

thief taker; secret policeman

Noun or verb acting prenominally

exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations

sports newspaper

Idiomatic expression

to be widely known; to be famous

as is usual with; in common with

Adjective - yoi/ii class

reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told

to be familiar

to learn by ear; to pick up knowledge

school paper

newspaper advertisement

the press; (in the) newspapers

to find out the truth; to ascertain; to clarify; to confirm; to verify

to ask

Company name

The Asahai Shimbun Company

Product name

Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)

racing form; racing (news)paper