見聞|けんぶんkenbun[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbinformation; experience; knowledge; observation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 見聞する(けんぶんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 見聞します(けんぶんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 見聞しない(けんぶんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 見聞しません(けんぶんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 見聞せず・見聞せぬ(けんぶんせず・けんぶんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 見聞した(けんぶんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 見聞しました(けんぶんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 見聞しなかった(けんぶんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 見聞しませんでした(けんぶんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 見聞して(けんぶんして) |
| Potential | 見聞できる(けんぶんできる) |
| Passive | 見聞される(けんぶんされる) |
| Causative | 見聞させる(けんぶんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 見聞させられる(けんぶんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 見聞すれば(けんぶんすれば) |
| tara | 見聞したら(けんぶんしたら) |
| Volitional | 見聞しよう(けんぶんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 見聞しましょう(けんぶんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 見聞しろ(けんぶんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym知識ちしきNeutralWhat you know or have learned, whatever its source; 「見聞」 stresses knowledge gained by seeing and hearing things firsthand.
- Synonym知見ちけんWrittenWritten/formal word for knowledge, information, or insight, often gained through study or research; 「見聞」 centers on firsthand seeing and hearing.
- Related情報じょうほうNeutralInformation or news that gets communicated; the broadest term here. 「見聞」 is the stock of things you yourself have seen and heard.
- Related経験けいけんNeutralExperience of actually doing or going through things, including actions you took; 「見聞」 covers only what you saw and heard.
- Related見聞きみききCasualNative-Japanese word for the act of seeing and hearing, more colloquial; 「見聞」 often means the knowledge gained, as in 「見聞を広める」.
- Related体験たいけんNeutralActually doing or experiencing something in person, as in 「体験談」; 「見聞」 is about seeing and hearing, not doing.
Use 「見聞を広める」 when talking about broadening your knowledge of the world. For knowledge in general say 「知識」, for information 「情報」, and for things you have actually done or gone through 「経験」 or 「体験」.
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