#216JLPT N2
耳
6 strokes
Ear
Kun reading
みみ
On reading
じ
Example words
耳にタコができる
みみにタコができる
· to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
お祖母さんの昔話は耳にたこができるほど聞かされた。
I've heard my grandma's stories so often that I'm heartily sick of them.
耳がダンボ
みみがダンボ
· pricking up one's ears and listening
pricking up one's ears and listening
耳タコ
みみタコ
· having been told something so often that one is fed up with it
having been told something so often that one is fed up with it