又聞き

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 又聞き is a noun for information heard indirectly through another person and is read またぎき.
• Basic usage: The route appears in 友人からの又聞き, while the nature of the information appears in 又聞きの情報.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Indirectness and certainty
  • 又聞き means the speaker did not verify the matter firsthand, so it often accompanies doubt about reliability as in the examples.
• Difference from うわさ
  • うわさ denotes a rumor circulating among people, while 又聞き focuses on the secondhand route by which a statement was received.