ติดโพย (PopThai)

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Pronunciation

人(ひと)の話(はなし)に聞き耳(ききみみ)立て(たて)て

Vocabulary List

人 (じん) (suf) (1) -ian (e.g. Italian, etc.) (attaches to name of country to denote nationality); -er (e.g. performer, etc.) (attaches to name of occupation); (2) (usu. in compound words) man; person; people; (P) [EDICT] (と) (suf) person [EDICT] (にん(P);たり;り) (ctr) (1) counter for people; (n) (2) (にん only) (usu. in compound words) person; (P) [EDICT] (ひと) (n) (1) man; person; (2) human being; mankind; people; (3) character; personality; (4) man of talent; true man; (5) other people; (6) adult; (P) [EDICT] (rén, ㄖㄣˊ) man; person; people [CE-DICT] の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] 話 (わ) (ctr) counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc. [EDICT] (はなし) (n) (1) talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; (2) discussions; negotiation; argument; (P) [EDICT] (huà, ㄏㄨㄚˋ) dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said [CE-DICT] に (二) สอง [LongdoJP] () (prt) indicates location of action (formal literary form of "de"); at; in; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (See に,は) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] () (exp) also; too; not ... either; as well; even [EDICT] () (exp) (1) (also にゃあ) (See ねば) if not ... (negative conditional); (2) (See には) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] (荷) (n) (1) load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods; (2) burden; responsibility; (P) [EDICT] (似) (suf) takes after (his mother) [EDICT] (丹) (n) red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion; (P) [EDICT] (土) (n) (arch) soil (esp. reddish soil) [EDICT] (尼) (n,n-suf) (abbr) (See 比丘尼) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) [EDICT] (弐) (num) two (used in legal documents) [EDICT] 聞き耳 (ききみみ) (n) straining one's ears [EDICT] 立てる (たてる) (v1,vt) (1) (also written as 起てる) to stand up; to put up; to set up; to erect; to raise; (2) to thrust into; to bury into; to dig into; (3) to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to raise (a cloud of dust, etc.); to cause; (4) to make; to establish; to set up; to develop; to formulate; (5) to put up (a political candidate); to make (one's leader); (6) to treat with respect; (7) to sharpen; to make clear; (8) (See 閉てる) to shut; to close; (9) (See 点てる) to make tea (macha); to perform the tea ceremony; (10) to divide by; (suf,v1) (11) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do ... vigorously; (P) [EDICT] て () (conj) (col) (See と言うか) or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean [EDICT] () (prt) a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun [EDICT] () (prt) (1) (also でも, っても) even if; even though; (int) (2) (abbr) (See さても) wow [EDICT] (手) (n) (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (col) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (P) [EDICT]