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Meanings
Noun
1. ear
2. hearing
3. edge; crust
4. selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (100 in total)
cat ears
bunny-ears headband
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
close to the ear
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
long ears; gossiper
bread crust
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
earwax; cerumen
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
whispering into a person's ear
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
overhear; happened to hear that
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
feeling one gets from listening to something
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
to stop (plug) one's ears
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
earwax; cerumen
deckle-edged (e.g. paper); eared (e.g. jug); with lugs
(bread) crust
earwax; cerumen
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)
earlobe
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to not believe one's ears
acute ear; good ear
both ears
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
straining one's ears
to be something familiar
one ear
sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared
poor hearing
to be deaf; to not be able to hear
to happen to hear; to overhear
lop-eared
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)
earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers
earring (non-pierced); helix
hard of hearing
hairdo covering the ears
walls have ears
quick-eared
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time
familiarity (of a sound, etc.)
all at once (usu. of payment); at one go
having been told something so often that one is fed up with it
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
pick-up knowledge; second-hand knowledge; hearsay
something heard while sleeping
in one ear and out the other
playing (music) by ear; transcribing (music) by ear
ear clearing; clearing the ears; equalizing pressure in the ears with external pressure
earflaps; earmuffs
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
pricking up one's ears and listening; listening attentively
big ears; (arch.) listening without paying attention
memory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the other
protruding ears; prominent ears
ear discharge
deafness; the deaf
World Hearing Day (March 3)
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
kanji "ear" radical at left
good advice is harsh to the ear
whispering
retentive memory; double-woven edge of cloth; cryptotia; pocket ear
selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
ear piercing; earring
(to pay off) in full
removing edges; cutting edges
ear polyp; aural polyp
"ear-hanging" scallop spat, i.e. piercing the resilium to string them
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Chinese shrew mole (Uropsilus soricipes)
Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
pizza crust
The Broken Ear
Whisper of the Heart
eye of a needle
Examples (30 in total)
See with your ears.
My ears are burning.
I hear with my ears.