123456
Keyword
ear
Frequency
#1328
Strokes
6
Grade
1
JLPT (old)
N4
Heisig
881
Readings
みみ56%
ジ44%
Mnemonic
Boxy and curled inside, a flap of skin beside your head catches every whisper in the room, quietly, tirelessly: your ear.
Stroke order
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
耳みみ
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; heel (of bread or cheese); selvedge (of woven fabric); selvage; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.); handle
Noun
耳じ鼻び科か
otolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department
Noun
耳みみ慣なれる
to become familiar (to one's ears)
Ichidan verb
初はつ耳みみ
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
Noun
耳みみ元もと
close to the ear
Noun
耳みみ障ざわり
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating; jarring; cacophonous
Na-adjective
耳みみより
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
Na-adjective
耳みみ鳴なり
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
Noun
耳みみかき
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
Noun
耳じ鼻び
nose and ears
Noun
耳じ目もく
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
Noun
空そら耳みみ
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
Noun
中ちゅう耳じ炎えん
otitis media; middle-ear infection
Noun
耳みみ打うち
whispering into a person's ear
Noun
耳じ鼻び咽いん喉こう科か
otorhinolaryngology; otolaryngology; ear, nose and throat department
Noun
内ない耳じ
inner ear
Noun
牛ぎゅう耳じる
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
Godan verb
耳みみたぶ
earlobe
Noun
中ちゅう耳じ
middle ear; tympanum
Noun
聞きき耳みみ
straining one's ears
Noun
木耳きくらげ
cloud ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae); wood ear mushroom; Jew's ear mushroom
Noun
寝ね耳みみ
something heard while sleeping
Noun