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見猿聞か猿言わ猿

see styles
 mizarukikazaruiwazaru
    みざるきかざるいわざる
(expression) see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil; the three wise monkeys

Variations:
つんぼ桟敷
聾桟敷

 tsunbosajiki
    つんぼさじき
(1) (sensitive word) being kept uninformed; being cut off; out of the loop; (2) (archaism) upper gallery (where one can't hear); blind seat

不歌舞倡伎不往觀聽


不歌舞倡伎不往观听

see styles
bù gē wǔ chāng jì bù wǎng guān tīng
    bu4 ge1 wu3 chang1 ji4 bu4 wang3 guan1 ting1
pu ko wu ch`ang chi pu wang kuan t`ing
    pu ko wu chang chi pu wang kuan ting
 fukabushōgi fuōkanchō
nāṭya-gīta-vāditra-viśūkadarśanād-vairamaṇī (virati). The seventh commandment against taking part in singing, dancing, plays, or going to watch and hear them.

耳聽為虛,眼見為實


耳听为虚,眼见为实

ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí
    er3 ting1 wei2 xu1 , yan3 jian4 wei2 shi2
erh t`ing wei hsü , yen chien wei shih
    erh ting wei hsü , yen chien wei shih
(idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing

聞いて極楽見て地獄

see styles
 kiitegokurakumitejigoku / kitegokurakumitejigoku
    きいてごくらくみてじごく
(expression) (proverb) don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight

Variations:
って

 tte(p); te(p)
    って(P); て(P)
(particle) (1) (casual quoting particle) (See と・4) you said; he said; she said; they said; (particle) (2) (after a verb in the past tense) (See たって・1) even if; (particle) (3) (as in かって; indicates a satirical or rhetorical question) do you seriously think that; (particle) (4) (indicates certainty, insistence, emphasis, etc.) I already told you; you should know by now that; of course; (particle) (5) (abbr. of という) the said ...; said ...; (particle) (6) (abbr. of と言っている) says that ...; (particle) (7) (abbr. of と聞いている) I hear that ...; (particle) (8) (abbr. of とは, というのは) as for the term ...; (particle) (9) (equiv. of は topic marker) as for ...

Variations:
耳に入る
耳にはいる

 miminihairu
    みみにはいる
(exp,v5r) (1) to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance); (exp,v5r) (2) to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)

Variations:
耳に挟む
耳にはさむ

 miminihasamu
    みみにはさむ
(exp,v5m) to happen to hear; to overhear

Variations:
聞き損なう
聞損なう

 kikisokonau
    ききそこなう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) (1) to mishear; to fail to catch; (Godan verb with "u" ending) (2) to miss (the chance to hear)

Variations:
聞き苦しい
聞苦しい

 kikigurushii / kikigurushi
    ききぐるしい
(adjective) (1) unpleasant to hear; (adjective) (2) difficult to hear

Variations:
聞き落とす
聞き落す

 kikiotosu
    ききおとす
(transitive verb) (See 聞き漏らす・ききもらす) to fail to hear; to miss

聞くと見るとは大違い

see styles
 kikutomirutohaoochigai
    きくとみるとはおおちがい
(expression) (proverb) don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen

Variations:
噂を聞く
うわさを聞く

 uwasaokiku
    うわさをきく
(exp,v5k) to hear a rumor; to get wind of

声はすれども姿は見えず

see styles
 koehasuredomosugatahamiezu
    こえはすれどもすがたはみえず
(expression) (quote) (from a mid-Edo folk song) it's audible but invisible; I hear voices but I can't see anybody

Variations:
聞く
聴く

 kiku
    きく
(transitive verb) (1) to hear; (transitive verb) (2) (esp. 聴く) to listen (e.g. to music); (transitive verb) (3) (聴く is used in legal and official contexts) to ask; to enquire; to query; (transitive verb) (4) to hear about; to hear of; to learn of; (transitive verb) (5) to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with; (transitive verb) (6) to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to; (transitive verb) (7) (See 香を聞く) to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance); (transitive verb) (8) (also 利く) to taste (alcohol); to try

若要人不知,除非己莫為


若要人不知,除非己莫为

ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi
    ruo4 yao4 ren2 bu4 zhi1 , chu2 fei1 ji3 mo4 wei2
jo yao jen pu chih , ch`u fei chi mo wei
    jo yao jen pu chih , chu fei chi mo wei
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

見ざる聞かざる言わざる

see styles
 mizarukikazaruiwazaru
    みざるきかざるいわざる
(expression) see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil; the three wise monkeys

Variations:
小耳に挟む
小耳にはさむ

 komiminihasamu
    こみみにはさむ
(exp,v5m) (idiom) to happen to hear; to overhear

Variations:
灯台下暗し
灯台もと暗し

 toudaimotokurashi / todaimotokurashi
    とうだいもとくらし
(expression) (proverb) it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London

Variations:
聞こえよがし
聞えよがし

 kikoeyogashi
    きこえよがし
(noun or adjectival noun) bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them

Variations:
どこ情報
何処情報(sK)

 dokojouhou / dokojoho
    どこじょうほう
(expression) (colloquialism) where did you hear that?; who did you get that from?

Variations:
どの口が言う
どの口がいう

 donokuchigaiu
    どのくちがいう
(exp,v5u) look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

Variations:
聞きなす
聞き做す(rK)

 kikinasu
    ききなす
(transitive verb) to hear (something) as; to think that (something) sounds like

Variations:
承る
受け賜る(iK)

 uketamawaru
    うけたまわる
(transitive verb) (1) (humble language) to hear; to be told; to know; (transitive verb) (2) to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.)

Variations:
聞いてあきれる
聞いて呆れる

 kiiteakireru / kiteakireru
    きいてあきれる
(exp,v1) (1) to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; (exp,v1) (2) (as 〜が聞いてあきれる, used to indicate incredulous dismissal of some claim) who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!

Variations:
丸聞こえ
まる聞こえ
丸ぎこえ

 marugikoe
    まるぎこえ
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)

Variations:
聞きにくい
聞き難い
聞き悪い

 kikinikui
    ききにくい
(adjective) (1) difficult to hear; indistinct; (adjective) (2) hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; (adjective) (3) unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to

Variations:
聞きつける
聞き付ける
聞付ける

 kikitsukeru
    ききつける
(transitive verb) (1) to hear; to catch (the sound of something); (transitive verb) (2) to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to learn of (something); (transitive verb) (3) to get used to hearing

Variations:
聞き届ける
聞きとどける
聞届ける

 kikitodokeru
    ききとどける
(transitive verb) to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)

Variations:
聞き漏らす
聞きもらす
聞き洩らす

 kikimorasu
    ききもらす
(Godan verb with "su" ending) to fail to hear; to miss

Variations:
聞く耳を持つ
聞く耳をもつ(sK)

 kikumimiomotsu
    きくみみをもつ
(exp,v5t) (usu. in the negative) (See 聞く耳を持たない) to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to

Variations:
ちらちら
チラチラ
チラッチラッ

 chirachira(p); chirachira; chiracchira
    ちらちら(P); チラチラ; チラッチラッ
(adv-to,vs) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; (adv-to,vs) (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) flickering; twinkling; glimmering; sparkling; dazzling; (adv-to,vs) (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses; (adv-to,vs) (4) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (See ちらっと) glancing (repeatedly); (adv-to,vs) (5) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (hear, see) from time to time; intermittently

Variations:
聾唖学校
ろうあ学校
聾啞学校(sK)

 rouagakkou / roagakko
    ろうあがっこう
(dated) (See ろう学校) school for people unable to hear and speak

Variations:
よいやよいや
やんややんや
よんやよんや

 yoiyayoiya; yanyayanya; yonyayonya
    よいやよいや; やんややんや; よんやよんや
(expression) hear! hear!; hooray

Variations:
見ざる聞かざる言わざる
見猿聞か猿言わ猿

 mizarukikazaruiwazaru
    みざるきかざるいわざる
(expression) see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil; the three wise monkeys

Variations:
聞き漏らす
聞きもらす
聞き洩らす(rK)

 kikimorasu
    ききもらす
(transitive verb) to fail to hear; to miss

Variations:
お気の毒
御気の毒(sK)
お気のどく(sK)

 okinodoku
    おきのどく
(exp,adj-na) (polite language) (See 気の毒・1) I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity

Variations:
聞き分ける
聞きわける(sK)
聞分ける(sK)

 kikiwakeru
    ききわける
(transitive verb) (1) to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to distinguish; to tell (the difference) by hearing; to hear the difference (between); (transitive verb) (2) to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable

Variations:
聞きづらい
聴きづらい
聞き辛い
聴き辛い(sK)

 kikizurai
    ききづらい
(adjective) (1) difficult to hear; hard to hear; (adjective) (2) unpleasant to hear; painful to hear; (adjective) (3) (聞きづらい, 聞き辛い only) difficult to ask

Variations:
耳にタコができる
耳にたこができる
耳に胼胝ができる

 miminitakogadekiru(耳nitakogadekiru); miminitakogadekiru(耳nitakogadekiru, 耳ni胼胝gadekiru)
    みみにタコができる(耳にタコができる); みみにたこができる(耳にたこができる, 耳に胼胝ができる)
(exp,v1) to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

Variations:
漏れ聞く
洩れ聞く
もれ聞く(sK)
漏れ聴く(sK)

 morekiku
    もれきく
(transitive verb) to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

Variations:
耳にタコができる
耳にたこができる
耳に胼胝ができる(rK)

 miminitakogadekiru
    みみにたこができる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

Variations:
承る
受け賜る(sK)
受けたまわる(sK)
受け賜わる(sK)

 uketamawaru
    うけたまわる
(transitive verb) (1) (humble language) to hear; to be told; to know; (transitive verb) (2) to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.)

Variations:
手に取るように
手にとるように
手に取る様に(sK)
手にとる様に(sK)

 tenitoruyouni / tenitoruyoni
    てにとるように
(exp,adv) clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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