What is the difference between 聞く and 聴く ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
- Japanese
聞く…hear
聴く…listen
誰かの話し声が聞こえる
ラジオの音楽を聴く
but actually if you write always 聞く…it is almost no problem.
not strict rule.
▼聞く…hear, (listen), ask ...
コンビニで、駅へ行く道を聞いた。
（I asked the way to the station in convenience store.)
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- Japanese
聞く…hear
聴く…listen
誰かの話し声が聞こえる
ラジオの音楽を聴く
but actually if you write always 聞く…it is almost no problem.
not strict rule.
▼聞く…hear, (listen), ask ...
コンビニで、駅へ行く道を聞いた。
（I asked the way to the station in convenience store.)
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