Word Meaning 耳にたこができる

みみにたこができる miminitakogadekiru

耳にたこができる is read as みみにたこができる (miminitakogadekiru) and means to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears.

Meaning

English

  1. to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

Reading

Kana

みみにたこができる

Romaji

miminitakogadekiru

Writing Variants

  • 耳にタコができる みみにたこができる miminitakogadekiru
  • 耳に胼胝ができる みみにたこができる mimi ni takogadekiru

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Proverb Rank 148254 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

2

そのはなしはもうみみにたこができるほどきいた。

I've heard that story so many times already.

I've heard my grandma's stories so often that I'm heartily sick of them.