Word Meaning 耳が聞こえない

みみがきこえない mimi ga kikoenai

耳が聞こえない is read as みみがきこえない (mimi ga kikoenai) and means to be deaf.

Meaning

English

  1. to be deaf
  2. to not be able to hear

Reading

Kana

みみがきこえない

Romaji

mimi ga kikoenai

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 133279 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

聞き耳を立てる

ききみみをたてる

to prick up one's ears and listen

聞く耳

きくみみ

acute ear

耳目

じぼく

eyes and ears

みみ

ear

耳元

みみもと

close to the ear

耳寄り

みみより

welcome (news)

耳打ち

みみうち

whispering into a person's ear

耳慣れる

みみなれる

to become familiar (to one's ears)

耳日不見

みみひみず

Chinese shrew mole (Uropsilus soricipes)

Example Sentences

8

Are you deaf?

Tom's deaf.

Tom is deaf in one ear.

What's it like to be deaf?

Tom pretended to be deaf.

I think that Tom is almost deaf.

I can't hear anything. I'm deaf.

Helen Keller was deaf and blind.