Kanji耳
Readingみみ
Frequency97%
Used in (144 in total)
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
close to the ear
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
whispering into a person's ear
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
cat ears; nekomimi; character with cat ears; ears with soft earwax that has a slight smell
to stop (plug) one's ears
to not believe one's ears
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
acute ear; good ear
kemonomimi; character with animal ears
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to become familiar (to one's ears)
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
bolt from the blue; great surprise
to happen to hear; to overhear
straining one's ears
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears
long ears; gossiper
being readily aware of rumors and gossip; being quick to learn secrets; having sharp ears; ability to remember everything one hears
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
bread crust
bunny-ears headband
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.
feeling one gets from listening to something
to be deaf; to not be able to hear
to happen to hear; to overhear
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers
overhear; happened to hear that
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)
hard of hearing
earwax; cerumen
earring (non-pierced); helix
hairdo covering the ears
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear
something heard while sleeping
familiarity (of a sound, etc.)
novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time
plump ears (large, fleshy earlobes), said to bring good fortune
deckle-edged (e.g. paper); eared (e.g. jug); with lugs
having been told something so often that one is fed up with it
the truth always comes out; you can't sweep it under the rug forever; a secret is too heavy to hold; (lit.) the king's ears are donkey's ears
sharp hearing
big ears; (arch.) listening without paying attention
walls have ears; (lit.) walls have ears, sliding doors have eyes
(bread) crust
ear hair; hairs of the tragus
pick-up knowledge; second-hand knowledge; hearsay
all at once (usu. of payment); at one go
hard of hearing; unfamiliar
whispering into someone's ear; snide remark; sly dig; insinuation
playing (music) by ear; transcribing (music) by ear
things overheard
earwax; cerumen
ear clearing; clearing the ears; equalizing pressure in the ears with external pressure
ear piercing; earring
earflaps; earmuffs
to have an ear for music
to prick up one's ears; to listen attentively; (lit.) to make one's ears (like) Dumbo's
to have a sharp ear
ear discharge; running ear; question mark
pricking up one's ears and listening; listening attentively
memory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the other
protruding ears; prominent ears
(one's own) eyes and ears
earwax; cerumen
World Hearing Day (March 3)
burial mound for severed ears
salon providing ear-care and relaxation treatments
memory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the other
cutting off an ear
salon providing ear-care and relaxation treatments
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) wind (blowing) into a horse's ear
good advice is harsh to the ear
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
kanji "ear" radical at left
ear piercing; earring
good advice is harsh to the ear
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
removing edges; cutting edges
short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
salon providing ear-care and relaxation treatments
(to pay off) in full
pizza crust
mimi udon; ear-shaped udon from Tochigi prefecture
salon providing ear-care and relaxation treatments
salon providing ear-care and relaxation treatments
The Broken Ear
Whisper of the Heart
if a cat washes its ears, rain is coming
retentive memory; double-woven edge of cloth; cryptotia; pocket ear
"ear-hanging" scallop spat, i.e. piercing the resilium to string them
to have an ear for music
ear polyp; aural polyp
deafness; deaf person
blindstitched machined fabric edge (selvedge) forming a fold, pleat, edge, etc.
horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
pond slider (Trachemys scripta); red-eared slider turtle
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
ass's ear abalone (Haliotis asinina); donkey's ear abalone
Chinese shrew mole (Uropsilus soricipes)
gracile shrew mole (Uropsilus gracilis)
bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)
Utricularia bifida (species of bladderwort)
red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)
auricled leafhopper (Ledra auditura)
double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
eye of a needle