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耳みみNounFreq #684
1

ear

Examples
私は受話器を耳に当てた。
I put the receiver to my ear.
2

hearing

Examples
耳の不自由な人は手話で会話が出きる。
Deaf people can talk in sign language.
3

ear (for music, etc.)

Examples
彼等には音楽を聴く耳がない。
They don't have an ear for music.
4

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

5

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

耳元みみもと耳許NounFreq #3625
1

Usu. 耳元で

close to the ear

Examples
彼は私の耳元でその答えを囁いた。
He whispered the answer in my ear.
耳にするみみにするExpressionする VerbFreq #4229
1

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

Examples
あなたのは初めて耳にする妙なお話です。
Yours is a very strange story.
耳を傾ける耳をかたむけるみみをかたむけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #4935
1

Idiomatic expression

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

Examples
あの頃親の言うことに耳を傾けていたらなあ。
If only I had listened to my parents!
耳打ちみみうちNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #6967
1

whispering into a person's ear

Examples
私は彼に入るように耳打ちした。
I whispered to him to come in.
初耳はつみみNounFreq #7278
1

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

Examples
初耳ですね。
This is the first time I heard about it.
耳障りみみざわりNoun～な Adj.Freq #11916
1

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

Examples
耳障りな音が聞こえる。
I hear a noise offensive to the ear.
聞く耳きくみみNounExpressionFreq #15320
1

acute ear; good ear

耳鳴りみみなりNounFreq #17703
1

Medicine

tinnitus; ringing in the ears

Examples
ぶたれて耳鳴りがした。
My ears were ringing from being beaten.
耳たぶ耳朶みみたぶじだ (耳朶)NounFreq #18433
1

earlobe

猫耳ねこみみネコミミNounFreq #19371
1

cat ears

2

Word usually written using kana alone; Manga slang

nekomimi; character with cat ears; catgirl; catboy

3

ears with soft earwax that has a slight smell

牛耳るぎゅうじるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #21463
1

to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

両耳りょうみみNoun～の Adj.Freq #23115
1

both ears

Examples
私は、両耳を指でふさいで、あの恐ろしい音が聞こえないようにしたの。
I put my fingers in my ears to block out the terrible sounds.
空耳そらみみソラミミNounFreq #24523
1

mishearing

Examples
空耳ですよ。
You are hearing things.
2

(feigned) deafness

3

homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect

耳に入る耳にはいるみみにはいるExpressionGodan verbFreq #5103
1

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

2

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

耳を澄ます耳をすますみみをすますExpressionGodan verbFreq #7046
1

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

Examples
彼は耳をすましたが、何も聞こえなかった。
He listened, but heard nothing.
耳を貸す耳をかすみみをかすExpressionGodan verbFreq #12616
1

to lend an ear to; to listen to

Examples
彼は私の忠告に耳を貸そうともしなかった。
He wouldn't listen to my advice.
耳を塞ぐみみをふさぐExpressionGodan verbFreq #12670
1

to stop (plug) one's ears

耳を疑うみみをうたがうExpressionGodan verbFreq #12911
1

to not believe one's ears

Examples
私はそのニュースを聞いて耳を疑った。
I could hardly believe my ears when I heard the news.
聞き耳を立てるききみみをたてるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #14935
1

to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

Examples
人が何かを率直に言うと、アメリカ人たちは、聞き耳を立てる。
Americans are all ears when people say something.
耳が痛い耳がいたいみみがいたい～い Adj.ExpressionFreq #22868
1

Idiomatic expression

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

2

having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

耳に残るみみにのこるExpressionGodan verbFreq #23406
1

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

耳かき耳掻きみみかきNounFreq #25540
1

earpick

2

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

ear cleaning (with an earpick)

聞き耳聞耳聴き耳聴耳ききみみNounFreq #28007
1

straining one's ears

Examples
彼が秘密を打ち明け始めるとみんな聞き耳をたてた。
We were all ears when he started to tell us his secret.
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