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How do you say "show"? - 11-28-2009, 05:07 AM

I want to say to my friend that when she comes to New Zealand I will show her some of my favourite english bands. "Show" as in, I will let her listen to them. Would I use "misete"? Or is that only for visual things?
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11-28-2009, 06:29 AM

That's exclusively used for the visual. You can use it if you're showing her a video or something.

For the audio only, it's 聴かせる.  
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12-01-2009, 01:04 PM

maybe 聞かせる?(kikaseru)


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12-01-2009, 01:12 PM

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maybe 聞かせる?(kikaseru)
That is exactly what Nagoyankee said, but he used the better of the two kanji for this case. (Obviously... Nagoyankee being Japanese and all )

If you are interested in the difference between the kanji I quite like this page:
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It's all in Japanese because, well, why be picky about kanji if you can't read this xD
I think if you aren't sure which kanji to use though 聞 will always be understood.

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