Word Meaning もれ聞く

もれきく morekiku

もれ聞く is read as もれきく (morekiku) and means to overhear.

Meaning

English

to overhear
to hear (secondhand)
to hear on the grapevine
to know by hearsay

Reading

Kana

もれきく

Romaji

morekiku

Writing Variants

洩れ聞く もれきく morekiku
漏れ聴く もれきく morekiku
漏れ聞く もれきく morekiku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Synonyms 聞きかじる,小耳に挟む,仄聞する,側聞する,耳に入れる,耳にする,耳に挟む Rank 128623 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

聞く

きく

to hear

垣間聞く

かいまきく

to get wind of

聞き置く

ききおく

to listen

言う事を聞く

いうことをきく

to do what one is told to

立聞く

たちきく

to listen in

伝え聞く

つたえきく

to learn by hearsay

香を聞く

こうをきく

to smell incense

音に聞く

おとにきく

to be widely known

見聞

けんぶん

information

聞かす

きかす

to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.

聞こえる

きこえる

to be well known

聞き書き

ききがき

writing down what one hears