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hear

On-Yomi: ブン、モン — Kun-Yomi: き.く、き.こえる

Koohii stories:

1) [laxxy] 3-10-2006(195): Press your ear to the gates and see if you can hear what is going on inside.

2) [ambrokusa] 2-4-2007(50): To distinguish from listen, you hear someone at the door (gate).

3) [Howdoken] 11-5-2008(34): At the GATES of Hell, along with the mouth that asks the impossible questions there is of course a giant EAR to HEAR the answers. The ear doesn't really listen as it knows they will always be wrong.

4) [mantixen] 27-9-2008(15): The genius tells me to put my ear up to the gates in order to hear the lesbians better (see closed (#1623 閉).

5) [joxn_costello] 5-2-2009(9): Your ears are the gates that allow you to hear. NOTE: You hear (#1626 聞) with your ear alone, but to listen (#827 聴) you need to engage your heart as well.

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