Illustration: In a quiet Japanese community room, an adult participates in a simple sensory demonstration with their eyes comfortably covered. Behind and to one side, a facilitator gently strikes a small handbell, keeping it well away from the participant’s body.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

聴ちょう覚かく

choukaku

sense of hearing

Example sentences

その子この聴覚ちょうかくは鋭するどい。
The kid has a keen sense of hearing.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
騒音そうおんが聴覚ちょうかくに影響えいきょうを与あたえることが証明しょうめいされたが、それに誰だれも驚おどろきはしない。
To no one’s surprise, loud noise has been proven to affect one’s sense of hearing.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
犬いぬの聴覚ちょうかくの敏感びんかんさを人間にんげんと比くらべると、はるかに上うえだ。
The hearing acuity of dogs is superior by far to that of humans.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 聴覚

聴listen; headstrongOnチョウ・テイKunきく・ゆるす
覚remember; learnOnカクKunおぼえる・さます・さめる

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