ear

hearing

ear (for music, etc.)

edge; crust; heel (of bread or cheese); selvedge (of woven fabric); selvage

ear (of a pot, jug, etc.); handle

Usu. 耳元で

close to the ear

to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

Idiomatic expression

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)

whispering into a person's ear

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating; jarring; cacophonous

to lend an ear to; to listen to