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
Examples (30 in total)
See with your ears.
My ears are burning.
I hear with my ears.
Are my ears red?
Rabbits' have a good sense of hearing.
I had my ears checked.
A rabbit has long ears.
I want to get my ears pierced.
A cat has two ears.
That dog has big ears.
We hear with our ears.
We hear music with our ears.
Why do rabbits have long ears?
My ears are going to freeze if I don't go in.
I put the receiver to my ear.
Ow, ow, ow! Don't bite my ear!
I often have ear infections.
Tom pressed the phone to his ear.
He could not believe his ears.
Why are your ears so big?
They don't have an ear for music.
He whispered something in her ear.
Tom whispered something into Mary's ear.
I wonder why it is that the sound of waves is so pleasant to the ear.
Her new hairstyle covers her ears.
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and mute.
The African elephant has bigger ears than the Asian elephant.
His voice reached our ears.
They say dogs hear better than we do. Is that true?
I only have one mouth, but I have two ears.