馬耳東風

ばじとうふう

utter indifference, talking to the wall, praying to deaf ears

馬の耳に念仏

うまのみみにねんぶつ

not heeding what others say, in one ear and out the other, reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear

風馬牛

ふうばぎゅう

indifferent

風の便りに

かぜのたよりに

through the grapevine, from a little bird, from tidings on the wind

馬鹿に

ばかに

ridiculously, unusually, exceptionally

死に馬

しにうま

dead horse

針の耳

はりのみみ

eye of a needle

パンの耳

パンのみみ

bread crust

ピザの耳

ピザのみみ

pizza crust

耳の日

みみのひ

March 3rd, Ear Day

耳に入る

みみにはいる

to hear of

耳に残る

みみにのこる

to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

寝耳に水

ねみみにみず

bolt from the blue, great surprise

耳に挟む

みみにはさむ

to happen to hear; to overhear

耳にする

みみにする

to hear, to hear by chance, to hear by accident, to catch (the sound)

耳に付く

みみにつく

to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear

春風馬堤曲

しゅんぷうばていのきょく

haiku by Yosa Buson (Spring Wind on the Riverbank of Kema)

風に柳

かぜにやなぎ

Soft words pacify wrath

柳に風

やなぎにかぜ

handling things without making waves, taking in one's stride