READING  ジ、みみ
MEANING  ear
JLPT level N3 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
ちゅうじえん
tympanitis (inflammation of middle ear)
みみをかす
to lend an ear to, to listen to
みみなり
buzzing in the ears, tinnitus
かべにみみありしょうじにめあり
walls have ears (lit: wall have ears, shoji have eyes)
はつみみ
something heard for the first time (lit: first ear)
 
Example sentences
中耳炎
去年中耳炎をわずらいました。
I had otitis media last year.
耳を貸す
良い経営陣なら正当な要求に耳を貸すものだ。
A good management would listen to reasonable demands.
耳鳴り
耳鳴りがします。
I have a ringing in my ears.
 
耳鳴りがするんですよ。
My ear is ringing.
壁に耳あり障子に目あり
壁に耳あり障子に目あり。
Walls have ears, shouji have eyes.
初耳
初耳ですね。
This is the first time I heard about it.
 
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