耳

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

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

to lend an ear to; to listen to

to stop (plug) one's ears

to not believe one's ears

Medicine

tinnitus; ringing in the ears

earlobe

Idiomatic expression

being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)

having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

earpick

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

ear cleaning (with an earpick)

to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear

to become familiar (to one's ears)

earring

earplug (for protection against noise or water)

poor hearing

eyes and ears; seeing and hearing

one's attention; one's interest

being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something

ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears