JLPT N4 · Verb

聞こえる (kikoeru)

聞こえる (きこえる, kikoeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be heard; to be audible”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
きこえる
Romaji
kikoeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to sound (like); to come across (as) · ichidan verb, intransitive
  3. to be well known; to be famous · ichidan verb, intransitive
  4. to accept (someone's words); to agree; to understand · ichidan verb, intransitive · dated

Example sentences

妙な音が聞こえた。
I heard a strange sound.
この話は、変に聞こえるかもしれないが、全く本当です。
This story may sound strange, but it's absolutely true.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 聞こえる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary聞こえるきこえる kikoeru
Polite (~masu)聞こえますきこえます kikoemasu
Negative聞こえないきこえない kikoenai
Polite negative聞こえませんきこえません kikoemasen
Past聞こえたきこえた kikoeta
Polite past聞こえましたきこえました kikoemashita
Negative past聞こえなかったきこえなかった kikoenakatta
Te-form聞こえてきこえて kikoete
Potential聞こえられるきこえられる kikoerareru
Passive聞こえられるきこえられる kikoerareru
Causative聞こえさせるきこえさせる kikoesaseru
Volitional聞こえようきこえよう kikoeyou
Imperative聞こえろきこえろ kikoero
Conditional (~ba)聞こえればきこえれば kikoereba

Kanji in 聞こえる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 聞こえる.

Source: JMdict entry 1591150 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.