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On-Yomi: チョウ、テイ — Kun-Yomi: き.く、ゆる.す

Koohii stories:

1) [dukelexon] 26-2-2008(250): I promise to use my ear to do nothing but listen … stick a needle in my eye, cross my heart and hope to die! (Intentionally said backwards to get the order of the primitives correct).

2) [Johnnyltn] 14-8-2006(115): Listening to others is different from hearing [1626] with the ear. One must allow the words to pierce through the eyes (the window of the soul) and reach deep into the heart…a symbol of thinking about and contemplating on what was said, not just the sounds of words spoken. A married man while reading his newspaper, his wife going on about something suddenly, says, "You're not listening to me, are you?" He replies, "I heard every word you said. You said…" “Yes, but you're not listening.".

3) [fuaburisu] 25-1-2006(48): A doctor is listening as best as he can to someone's heart, but even with the stethoscope the doctor can not hear anything, because the patient's heart is "so small it could pass through the eye of a needle" (see frame 400). Contrast with passive "hear" of frame 1626.

4) [jwy2k2] 10-4-2007(44): When you really listen to another person and not just hear them, you use your ears like ten eyes and see their heartfelt meaning.

5) [vertigo959] 24-9-2008(24): To detect lies, Darth Vader turns up his ear piece loud enough so that he can hear someone's heart beat, and closely listens. チョウ 聴覚、聴講、聴診器。 .

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