聞く耳を持たない

きくみみをもたない

to turn a deaf ear to, to not listen to, to not get the message

聞く耳

きくみみ

acute ear, good ear

聞き耳

ききみみ

straining one's ears

聞き耳を立てる

ききみみをたてる

to prick up one's ears and listen, to listen attentively

香を聞く

こうをきく

to smell incense

噂を聞く

うわさをきく

to hear a rumor, to get wind of

聞く

きく

to hear

気を持たす

きをもたす

to encourage someone to expect something, to raise someone's hopes

間を持たす

まをもたす

to fill in time; to stall (e.g. an audience)

耳を貸す

みみをかす

to lend an ear to, to listen to

耳を塞ぐ

みみをふさぐ

to stop (plug) one's ears

耳を疑う

みみをうたがう

to not believe one's ears

お願いを聞く

おねがいをきく

to grant someone's request

耳くそ

みみくそ

earwax, cerumen

ぬたくる

to scrawl, to daub

気を長く持つ

きをながくもつ

to be patient

耳たぶ

みみたぶ

earlobe

耳が聞こえない

to be deaf; to not be able to hear

花を持たせる

はなをもたせる

to let someone have the credit for (a success), to let someone else carry the flowers