耳付き

みみつき

deckle-edged (e.g. paper)

敵に付く

てきにつく

to take the side of the enemy

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)

耳くそ

みみくそ

earwax, cerumen

聞く耳

きくみみ

acute ear, good ear

に付け

につけ

every time; whenever; as

に付き

につき

because of, on account of

耳

みみ

ear

馬の耳に風

うまのみみにかぜ

preaching to the deaf; wind (blowing) into a horse's ear

壁に耳あり

かべにみみあり

walls have ears

小耳に挟む

こみみにはさむ

to happen to hear, to overhear

付く

つく づく

to become (a state, condition, etc.)

耳が利く

みみがきく

to have a sharp ear

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

耳目に触れる

じもくにふれる

to come to one's notice