How to say "hear" in Japanese

• 聞くきくJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe everyday verb for 'hear': perceiving a sound with your ears, listening deliberately, or hearing news and information. You hear a noise, listen to music, or hear that something happened.
  一番いちばんのチャンネルで英語えいごが、７番ばんのチャンネルでは日本語にほんごがお聞ききになれます。↗

  You can hear English on Channel 1, and Japanese on Channel 7.
• ヒアCommon
  nounThis is simply the English word 'hear' written in katakana. For hearing a sound or hearing news it is seldom the word you want; that meaning is normally expressed with 聞く.
• 承るうけたまわるJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbHumble language for 'hear' as 'to be told' or 'to know': used of your own action in taking in what a customer or superior says; typical of polite service and business speech.

Use 「聞く」 for hearing sounds or information in ordinary speech; 「ヒア」 is just the English word in katakana and seldom what you want; 「承る」 is the humble verb for saying you have been told something by a superior.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 聞くきくto hear
• ヒアhear
• 承るうけたまわるto hear
• 聞きつけるききつけるto hear
• 聞こし召すきこしめすto hear
• 聞き伝えるききつたえるto hear (secondhand)
• 拝聞はいぶんhear
• 耳にするみみにするto hear
• 聞き届けるききとどけるto grant (a request)
• 漏れ聞くもれきくto overhear
• 伺ううかがうto hear
• 接するせっするto receive (news)