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#1,138
Common N5
Pitch accent
Meaning
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    ear
    私は受話器を耳に当てた。
    I put the receiver to my ear.
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    hearing
    耳の不自由な人は手話で会話が出きる。
    Deaf people can talk in sign language.
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    ear (for music, etc.)
    彼等には音楽を聴く耳がない。
    They don't have an ear for music.
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#1,138
Meaning
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    English · JMnedict
    Mimi
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#4,921
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Meaning
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    close to the ear
    usu. 耳元で
    彼は私の耳元でその答えを囁いた。
    He whispered the answer in my ear.
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#4,973

Inflections of 耳にする

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    to hear;to hear by chance;to hear by accident;to catch (the sound)
    あなたのは初めて耳にする妙なお話です。
    Yours is a very strange story.
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#5,286

Inflections of 耳に入る

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    to reach one's ears;to come to one's knowledge;to hear about;to learn of (by chance)
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    to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
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#5,595

Inflections of 耳を傾ける

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    to lend an ear;to hearken;to give an ear to;to listen carefully
    あの頃親の言うことに耳を傾けていたらなあ。
    If only I had listened to my parents!
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#8,693

Inflections of 耳を澄ます

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    to listen carefully;to strain one's ears
    彼は耳をすましたが、何も聞こえなかった。
    He listened, but heard nothing.
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#9,400

Inflections of 耳打ち

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    whispering into a person's ear
    私は彼に入るように耳打ちした。
    I whispered to him to come in.
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#10,719

Inflections of 耳を貸す

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    to lend an ear to;to listen to
    彼は私の忠告に耳を貸そうともしなかった。
    He wouldn't listen to my advice.
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#12,893

Inflections of 耳障り

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    hard (on the ears);offensive (to the ear);rasping;rough;harsh;grating;jarring;cacophonous
    耳障りな音が聞こえる。
    I hear a noise offensive to the ear.
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#14,477

Inflections of 耳を疑う

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    to not believe one's ears
    私はそのニュースを聞いて耳を疑った。
    I could hardly believe my ears when I heard the news.
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#17,642
Pitch accent
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    earlobe
    I wonder why we have ear lobes.
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    The human earlobe (lobulus auriculae) is composed of tough areolar and adipose connective tissues, lacking the firmness and elasticity of the rest of the aur... More
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#19,189
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    medicine
    tinnitus;ringing in the ears
    ぶたれて耳鳴りがした。
    My ears were ringing from being beaten.
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    Tinnitus is the hearing of sound when no external sound is present. More
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#19,988

Inflections of 耳が痛い

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    being painfully true (e.g. reprimand);making one's ears burn;striking home (e.g. remark)
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    having an earache;feeling pain in one's ear
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#32,393

Inflections of 耳慣れる

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    to become familiar (to one's ears)
    I'm getting used to the term "furry".
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#89,032

Inflections of 耳に付く

Meaning
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    to catch one's attention;to catch one's ear;to be annoying to one's ear
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#37,038

Inflections of 耳かき

Pitch accent
Meaning
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    earpick
  2. 2
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    ear cleaning (with an earpick)
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