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I'm going through some basic grammar and this one website teaches the
"extended" use of the word する. There is a confusing example which looks like:

> 波の音 **がする**

The translation is: "(I) hear the sound of waves". The way I learned it prior
to this site is:

> 波の音 **を聞く**

What is the difference between these two?
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translation nuances verbs syntax
「〜がする」 the extended use of する (to do)
Xがする is a phrasal verb and is most often used in phrases such as 音がする and
匂い{におい}がする and even 気がする. It is used with words that are about perceiving or
sensing something. ([More phrasal verbs
here.](http://amaterasu.tindabox.net/guide/AGT.php#phrasal))

Yet it does not really require the actual sensing part from the part of the
speaker, but instead is a pretty objective way of saying that 'there is a
smell' or '[something] is making a sound'. The focus is less on the sensing
but rather just the existence of the sensory input.

波の音を聞く sounds odd to me. It means something like _[I] listen to the sound of
waves._ It should be 波の音が聞こえる _I hear the sound of waves._ With the 聞く verb,
it would work as a request such as 波の音を聞いてみて _Try listening to the sound of
waves_
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