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Verbs of looking and hearing — 見る・聞くの動詞

To gaze over, to peer in, to see through, to detect, to witness, to listen closely. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

ながめる verb

眺める to gaze at, to look out over

のぞく verb

覗く to peep, to look into

みわたす verb

見渡す to look out over, to survey

みぬく verb

見抜く to see through, to spot

さっち noun

察知 sensing, perceiving

かんち noun

感知 detection, sensing

かぐ verb

嗅ぐ to smell, to sniff

ききとる verb

聞き取る to catch (what is said), to make out

もくげき noun

目撃 witnessing

ぼうちょう noun

傍聴 attending as an observer (a trial, a session)

ぼうかん noun

傍観 looking on, standing by

ちゅうし noun

注視 close observation

ぎょうし noun

凝視 staring fixedly

みくらべる verb

見比べる to compare by looking

ききわける verb

聞き分ける to distinguish by ear

しや noun

視野 field of vision; outlook

けはい noun

気配 sign, indication, presence

めじるし noun

目印 landmark, mark to go by

ねいろ noun

音色 tone, timbre

てざわり noun

手触り the feel, texture to the touch

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Verbs of looking and hearing — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1 Write the Japanese

to gaze at, to look out over

verb

close observation

noun

sensing, perceiving

noun

to compare by looking

verb

attending as an observer (a trial, a session)

noun

detection, sensing

noun

the feel, texture to the touch

noun

staring fixedly

noun

looking on, standing by

noun

to distinguish by ear

verb

2 What does it mean?

見抜く

覗く

音色

視野

目印

聞き取る

気配

嗅ぐ

目撃

見渡す

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