みみ
Meanings
Noun
1. ear
2. hearing
3. edge; crust
4. selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
Kanji used
ear
Pitch accent
Top 700
Used in vocabulary (134 in total)
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)
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
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)
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
acute ear; good ear
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
close to the 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
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
close to the ear
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
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
feeling one gets from listening to something
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to be deaf; to not be able to hear
to happen to hear; to overhear
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
bunny-ears headband
overhear; happened to hear that
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
whispering into a person's ear
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
to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)
to happen to hear; to overhear
straining one's ears
novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time
familiarity (of a sound, etc.)
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
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
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
(bread) crust
earring (non-pierced); helix
pick-up knowledge; second-hand knowledge; hearsay
all at once (usu. of payment); at one go
to be something familiar
playing (music) by ear; transcribing (music) by ear
ear clearing; clearing the ears; equalizing pressure in the ears with external pressure
earwax; cerumen
earflaps; earmuffs
earwax; cerumen
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
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
familiarity (of a sound, etc.)
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
earwax; cerumen
World Hearing Day (March 3)
earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers
earwax; cerumen
memory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the other
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
hard of hearing
having been told something so often that one is fed up with it
ear clearing; clearing the ears; equalizing pressure in the ears with external pressure
(one's own) eyes and ears
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) wind (blowing) into a horse's ear
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
earwax; cerumen
memory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the other
good advice is harsh to the ear
kanji "ear" radical at left
ear piercing; earring
having been told something so often that one is fed up with it
earwax; cerumen
memory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the other
memory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the other
selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
removing edges; cutting edges
(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
ear polyp; aural polyp
Chinese shrew mole (Uropsilus soricipes)
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
eye of a needle
Examples (30 in total)
See with your ears.
My ears are burning.
I hear with my ears.