小咄[shouwa] anecdote
咄す[hanasu] to talk
咄家[hanashika] professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
咄嗟[tossa] moment

咄嗟に[tossani] at once
夜咄[yobanashi] night chat
咄咄[totsutotsu] (tongue) clicking
三題咄[sandaibanashi] performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience

スポーツ新聞[supootsushinbun] sporting newspaper
悪徳新聞[akutokushinbun] irresponsible newspaper
逸聞[itsubun] something unheard of
叡聞に[eibunni] (in the) emperor's hearing
下聞[kabun] enquiring beforehand

下聞き[shitagiki] enquiring beforehand
寡聞[kabun] limited information
怪聞[kaibun] strange rumor
外聞[gaibun] reputation
旧聞[kyuubun] old news

可聴[kachou] audible
可聴距離[kachoukyori] audible distance
可聴度[kachoudo] audibility
聴す[yurusu] to permit
謹聴[kinchou] listening attentively

傾聴[keichou] listening closely
幻聴[genchou] auditory hallucination
公聴会[kouchoukai] public hearing
視聴[shichou] looking and listening
視聴覚[shichoukaku] senses of seeing and hearing

訊ねる[tazuneru] to ask
訊問[jinmon] cross-examination
反対訊問[hantaijinmon] cross-examination
訊き返す[kikikaesu] to ask in return

訊く[kiku] to hear
不審訊問[fushinjinmon] police questioning (of a suspicious person)
道を訊く[michiwokiku] to ask the way
拷訊[goujin] torture