Hanamaruhanamaru

みみ

ear

mimi

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#1,484

Meanings

  1. 1
    earn
  2. 2
    hearingn
  3. 3
    ear (for music, etc.)n

JMdict 1317170

In a sentence

みみearいいgood

You have good hearing

How it works

(subject) marks みみ (ear) as the subject, and いい (good) describes it — literally “the ears are good”. Japanese loves this “X is good at sensing” pattern: said of someone, “good ears” means they hear well or have a sharp sense of pitch. No copula is needed because いい (good) is an adjective that can end the sentence on its own.

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