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耳
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welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
Examples
耳寄りな話がある。
I've got an attractive proposition for you.
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Not to be confused with 耳障り
feeling one gets from listening to something
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Noun or verb acting prenominally
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
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Idiomatic expression
to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)
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earwax; cerumen
Examples
耳垢を取って欲しい。
I want the wax cleaned from my ears.
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Idiomatic expression
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
Examples
お祖母さんの昔話は耳にたこができるほど聞かされた。
I've heard my grandma's stories so often that I'm heartily sick of them.
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Colloquial
all at once (usu. of payment); at one go
Examples
弁償代きっちり耳そろえて払わんかい。
Aren't you paying for the damages in full?
