聞き惚れる

ききほれる

Also written 聴き惚れる, 聞きほれる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to listen to in an ecstasy

Kanji

• 聞 hear. Read as きく.
• 惚 fall in love with; admire; grow senile. Read as ほれる.

Example sentences

• みんなは彼女の歌に聞きほれた。
  They were all charmed by her song.
• 私は彼女の話し方に聞き惚れてしまった。
  I was charmed by her way of speaking.
• トムはメアリーの歌声に聴き惚れていた。
  Tom was entranced by Mary's singing.

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