(v5k,vt) (1) to hear; (2) (usu. 聴く) to listen (e.g. to music); (3) (formal 聴く) to ask; to enquire; to query; (P)[edict]
ながら
(prt) (1) (uk) while; during; as; (2) (See 我ながら) while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; (3) (See 二つながら) all; both; (4) as (i.e. "as always", "as long ago"); in (i.e. "in tears"); (P)[edict]