みみ
Meanings
Noun
1. 動物が具える、平衡聴覚器(聴覚・平衡覚等を司る感覚器官)。
2. 多種多様な動物の身体部位で、外耳や外殻に似た形態をもつもの。
3. 本体から突き出ている耳介の形状になぞらえた、物を表す語。
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
① 初めて耳にすること。また、その話。
to stop (plug) one's ears
① 猫の耳。② 漫画、アニメ、ゲーム、イラスト等に描かれる、頭部に猫の耳(状の部位)を持つキャラクター③ 耳垢がやわらかく、少し臭う状態の耳。④ やわらかく湿っている耳垢。
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to not believe one's ears
① 耳の穴から耳垢を掻き出す行為。またそのための道具。
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
acute ear; good ear
① みみたぶ。② 耳。
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
close to the ear
① 両方の耳。
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
① 耳朶に付ける装身具。イヤリング。
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)
① 聞いた時の印象。
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)
① 耳の穴から耳垢を掻き出す行為。またそのための道具。
① 防寒のために耳に当てる毛糸などの製品。
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
① 相手の耳に口を近付けて囁くこと。
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
① 耳の穴にたまる垢。
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
① 耳朶に付ける装飾の輪。
to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)
to happen to hear; to overhear
straining one's ears
① 初めて聞くことである。
familiarity (of a sound, etc.)
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
① 耳の穴から耳垢を掻き出す行為。またそのための道具。
having been told something so often that one is fed up with it
① 耳たぶの大きい耳。② 紙の一部が折れたまま裁断することでできる、本のページや紙幣などの端の折りたたみ部分。
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
① 耳朶に付ける装飾の輪。
① 上辺だけを聞き得た知識。
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
① 耳の穴にたまる垢。
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)
① 防寒のために耳に当てる毛糸などの製品。
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
① 漢字の部首「⽿」が偏である場合の呼称。
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.