ミミ
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 (74 in total)
bunny-ears headband
cat ears
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
earwax; cerumen
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
lop-eared
straining one's ears
long ears; gossiper
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
overhear; happened to hear that
earwax; cerumen
close to the ear
whispering into a person's ear
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
earlobe
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
acute ear; good ear
both ears
one ear
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
feeling one gets from listening to something
ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears
sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared
bread crust
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers
earring (non-pierced); helix
earwax; cerumen
hairdo covering the ears
walls have ears
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
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
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
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
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
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Chinese shrew mole (Uropsilus soricipes)
Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
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
pizza crust
eye of a needle
Examples (30 in total)
See with your ears.
My ears are burning.
I hear with my ears.