Japanese symbol for “ignore”
聞き流す
ききながす
Romaji: kikinagasu
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
In Japanese, ignore is 聞き流す, read ききながす (kikinagasu).
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Meanings
- v5s, vt to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
Written forms: 聞き流す、聴き流す、聞きながす、聴きながす. Readings: ききながす.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “ignore”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 切り捨てる | きりすてる kirisuteru | to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to omit |
| 曲げる | まげる mageru | to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks) |
| 振り切る | ふりきる furikiru | to reject (request); to ignore |
| 捨て置く | すておく suteoku | to leave as is; to ignore |
| 不問に付す | ふもんにふす fumonnifusu | to ignore (a fault, misstep, issue, etc.); to disregard; to overlook |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新聞 | しんぶん shinbun | newspaper |
| 聞こえる | きこえる kikoeru | to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears |
| 聞く | きく kiku | to hear |
| 聞き手 | ききて kikite | hearer; listener; audience |
| 聞き取り | ききとり kikitori | listening comprehension; aural comprehension |
| 聞こえ | きこえ kikoe | being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reception (e.g. of a radio station) |
| 流れ | ながれ nagare | flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current |
| 交流 | こうりゅう kouryuu | exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction |
See also: Chinese symbol for “ignore”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.