Kanji
Readingみみ
Frequency97%
Used in (127 in total)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
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 learn of (by chance)
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
to stop (plug) one's ears
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to not believe one's ears
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
acute ear; good ear
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
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
straining one's ears
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
to be something familiar
bolt from the blue; great surprise
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
to happen to hear; to overhear
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
long ears; gossiper
ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears
sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
bread crust
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
feeling one gets from listening to something
young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
to be deaf; to not be able to hear
to happen to hear; to overhear
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
bunny-ears headband
overhear; happened to hear that
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
hard of hearing
something heard while sleeping
earwax; cerumen
to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)
hairdo covering the ears
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
earring (non-pierced); helix
novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time
familiarity (of a sound, etc.)
having been told something so often that one is fed up with it
plump ears (large, fleshy earlobes), said to bring good fortune
pinna (of the ear); auricle
deckle-edged (e.g. paper); eared (e.g. jug); with lugs
(bread) crust
pick-up knowledge; second-hand knowledge; hearsay
ear hair; hairs of the tragus
all at once (usu. of payment); at one go
walls have ears; (lit.) walls have ears, sliding doors have eyes
sharp hearing
hard of hearing; unfamiliar
playing (music) by ear; transcribing (music) by ear
things overheard
ear clearing; clearing the ears; equalizing pressure in the ears with external pressure
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
earwax; cerumen
earflaps; earmuffs
ear piercing; earring
to have a sharp ear
to prick up one's ears; to listen attentively; (lit.) to make one's ears (like) Dumbo's
to have an ear for music
big ears; (arch.) listening without paying attention
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
ear discharge
World Hearing Day (March 3)
burial mound for severed ears
earwax; cerumen
memory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the other
(one's own) eyes and ears
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) wind (blowing) into a horse's ear
good advice is harsh to the ear
kanji "ear" radical at left
ear piercing; earring
selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
removing edges; cutting edges
short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
(to pay off) in full
pizza crust
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.
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)
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)
auricled leafhopper (Ledra auditura)
eye of a needle