聞き流す

ききながす

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

Kanji

• 聞 hear. Read as きく.
• 流 flow. Read as ながす.

Example sentences

• 「見て見て！ 聞き流すだけで1週間で英語がペラペラになるCDだって」「馬鹿、そんなもん誇大広告に決まってんだろ」
  "Hey, look at this! Apparently, if you just put this CD on in the background for a week, you'll become fluent in English!" "Don't be stupid. That's just exaggerated advertising."
• 聞き流しなさい。そんなの噂にすぎません。
  Ignore it. It's only a rumor.

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