Word details

馬耳東風

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 馬耳東風.

Dictionary

Entry

馬耳東風じとうふう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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

horse

10 strokesFrequency 639JLPT N2Grade 2

On

Kun

うまうま-

Nanori

ばん

ear

6 strokesFrequency 1,328JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

みみ

Nanori

がみ

east

8 strokesFrequency 37JLPT N4Grade 2

On

トウ

Kun

ひがし

Nanori

あいあがりあずまあづまこちさきしのとおはるひがもと

wind, air, style, manner

9 strokesFrequency 558JLPT N3Grade 2

On

フウ

Kun

かぜかざ-

Nanori

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