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聞き耳
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 聞き耳.
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Entry
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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