聞きにくい

ききにくい

difficult to hear; indistinct

叡聞に

えいぶんに

(in the) emperor's hearing

聞く

きく

to hear

直向きに聞く

ひたむきにきく

to listen intently

仄聞く

ひのきく

to hear faintly

聞く耳

きくみみ

acute ear, good ear

聞くに堪えない

きくにたえない

painful to listen to; unbearable to hear

新聞に載る

しんぶんにのる

to appear in the newspaper

香を聞く

こうをきく

to smell incense

聞き頂く

ききいただく

to ask (politely)

聞き置く

ききおく

to listen

伝え聞く

つたえきく

to learn by hearsay

漏れ聞く

もれきく

to overhear

垣間聞く

かいまきく

to get wind of

噂を聞く

うわさをきく

to hear a rumor, to get wind of

立ち聞く

たちきく

to listen in, to eavesdrop

聞くところによると

きくところによると

from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say

異口同音に

いくどうおんに

in one voice

聞きしに勝る

ききしにまさる

to a greater extent than one has heard, going beyond one's expectations