Word details

耳が遠い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 耳が遠い.

Dictionary

Entry

耳が遠い耳がとおいみみがとおい~い Adj.ExpressionFreq #41662
1

poor hearing

Examples
もっと大きな声で話してくれませんか。私は耳が遠いんです。
Could you speak louder? I'm hard of hearing.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

ear

6 strokesFrequency 1,328JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

みみ

Nanori

がみ

distant, far

12 strokesFrequency 887JLPT N3Grade 2

On

エンオン

Kun

とお.い

Nanori

おにどお

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