耳
- 馬の耳に念仏 うまのみみにねんぶつ preaching to deaf ears; wasted effort on someone who won't listen
- 空耳 そらみみ mishearing, imagined sounds
- 初耳 はつみみ hearing something for the first time; news to me
- 馬耳東風 ばじとうふう in one ear and out the other; paying no attention
- 耳 みみ ear
- 耳が痛い みみがいたい hard to hear, hits home (criticism)
- 耳を傾ける みみをかたむける to listen carefully, to lend an ear