Illustration: During cleanup in a busy Japanese community kitchen, an older cook speaks quietly to a younger helper while water runs into a sink nearby. The helper leans one ear toward the cook, concentrating with slightly narrowed eyes. On the worktop lie a ladle, a whisk, and a rice paddle.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

聞きき取とる

kikitoru

to catch what someone says

Example sentences

  1. とても騒々そうぞうしかったので、私わたしの言いうことを聞きき取とってもらえなかった。

    It was so noisy that I couldn’t make myself heard.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そこはとても騒さわがしかったので、私わたしの言いうことを聞きき取とってもらえなかった。

    It was so noisy there that I couldn’t make myself heard.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 電話でんわで名前なまえを聞きき取とれませんでした。

    I couldn’t catch the name over the phone.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 聞取

  • 聞hear; askOnブン・モンKunきく・きこえる
  • 取takeOnシュKunとる・とり・とり-

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