Word Meaning 耳にする

みみにする miminisuru

耳にする is read as みみにする (miminisuru) and means to hear.

Meaning

English

  1. to hear
  2. to hear by chance
  3. to hear by accident
  4. to catch (the sound)

Reading

Kana

みみにする

Romaji

miminisuru

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Synonyms 聞きかじる,小耳に挟む,仄聞する,側聞する,耳に入れる,耳に挟む,漏れ聞く Related Words 小耳に挟む,聞く,聴く,視聴する,話を聞く Proverb Rank 149508 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

耳慣れる

みみなれる

to become familiar (to one's ears)

耳目を集める

じもくをあつめる

to attract interest

耳目

じもく

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

耳日不見

みみひみず

Chinese shrew mole (Uropsilus soricipes)

耳学問

みみがくもん

pick-up knowledge

耳年増

みみどしま

young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.

耳の日

みみのひ

World Hearing Day (March 3)

Example Sentences

7

I sometimes hear rumors about her.

I've heard a lot about that, too.

This is a question that I hear being asked a lot.

Young children pick up words they hear very early on.

We often hear it said that Japanese are good workers.

Nowadays you no longer hear popular songs that can be sung by men and women of all ages.

"They're playing this song here too. How many times does that make it today?" "What do you expect? It's a Christmas classic."