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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.
聞く耳きくみみNounExpressionFreq #15320
1

acute ear; good ear

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

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.
寝耳に水ねみみにみずNounExpressionFreq #29769
1

Idiomatic expression

bolt from the blue; great surprise

Examples
その知らせは全く寝耳に水だった。
The news hit me like a bolt from the blue.
トルコ《土耳古》《土耳其》NounUsually kanaFreq #29776
1

Turkey; Türkiye

Examples
かつてサルタンが今日のトルコを統治していた。
Once the Sultan ruled over what today is Turkey.
2

Abbreviation

turquoise

小耳に挟む小耳にはさむこみみにはさむExpressionGodan verbFreq #30413
1

Idiomatic expression

to happen to hear; to overhear

聞く耳を持たない聞く耳をもたないきくみみをもたない～い Adj.ExpressionFreq #30443
1

to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message

Examples
私は彼に言い聞かせているが、彼はそもそも聞く耳を持たない。
I've tried reasoning with him but he just won't listen.
左耳ひだりみみNounFreq #31859
1

left ear

Examples
左耳から耳だれが出ます。
I have a discharge from my left ear.
片耳かたみみNounFreq #38179
1

one ear

ベルギー《白耳義》NounUsually kanaFreq #38508
1

Belgium

地獄耳じごくみみNounExpressionFreq #42368
1

being readily aware of rumors and gossip; being quick to learn secrets; having sharp ears

2

ability to remember everything one hears

パンの耳パンのみみNounFreq #52616
1

bread crust

ゲルマン《日耳曼》Usually kanaFreq #57845
1

Noun or verb acting prenominally

Germanic (people, language, culture, etc.)

早耳速耳はやみみNoun～の Adj.Freq #58505
1

sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared

兎耳うさぎみみNounFreq #61733
1

Idiomatic expression

long ears; gossiper

馬耳東風ばじとうふうNoun四字熟語Freq #69738
1

utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears

Examples
彼は私の言うことにはまったく馬耳東風だ。
He turns a deaf ear to me.
うさみみうさ耳ウサ耳NounUsually kanaFreq #74237
1

bunny-ears headband

小耳こみみNounFreq #74455
1

Colloquial

overhear; happened to hear that

垂れ耳垂耳たれみみNounFreq #75061
1

lop-eared

壁に耳ありかべにみみありExpressionFreq #85153
1

Proverb

walls have ears

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