How to say "hearing" in Japanese

• 聴取ちょうしゅCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe hearing of a statement, opinion, or explanation; also asking or questioning, as of a suspect. It denotes the act of listening to or questioning someone, not a formal hearing session.
• 聴聞会ちょうもんかいCommon
  nounA hearing held by a government agency. Use it for the administrative sense of 'hearing', an official proceeding before a public body.
  聴聞ちょうもん会かいは報道ほうどう関係者かんけいしゃを閉め出しめだして行おこなわれました。↗

  The hearing were made off-limits to the press.
• 審問しんもんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbTrial, hearing, inquiry, or examination. It has a strongly legal, interrogative flavour, suggesting formal examination in a judicial or trial-like setting.
• 聴聞ちょうもんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbListening; hearing. It refers to the act of listening itself, so for a formal or procedural 'hearing' it is usually not the word you want; that sense is carried by 聴聞会.
  「この用語ようごの意味いみをはっきりさせて下ください」とビジネスマンは聴聞ちょうもん取り引とりひきの場ばで要求ようきゅうした。↗

  "Define your terms," requested the businessman at the contract hearings.
• 査問さもんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbInquiry, enquiry, or hearing. It suggests a formal inquiry — a hearing in which a matter is investigated by questioning those concerned.

For a hearing by a government agency use 聴聞会; for hearing or questioning a person use 聴取; 審問 suits trial-like legal hearings, 査問 investigative inquiries, and 聴聞 is just the act of listening.

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

• 聴取ちょうしゅhearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.)
• 聴聞会ちょうもんかいhearing (by a government agency)
• 審問しんもんtrial
• 聴聞ちょうもんlistening
• 査問さもんinquiry
• 聴音ちょうおんhearing
• 拝承はいしょうhearing
• 聞きききhearing
• 審尋しんじんhearing
• 事情聴取じじょうちょうしゅinquiry
• 聴覚ちょうかく(sense of) hearing
• 耳みみhearing
• ヒアリング(public) hearing