Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
みみ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
寢耳 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(みみ) (nemimi

  1. the ears of someone sleeping
    • 1934–1935, 中里介山, 大菩薩峠 37 恐山の巻[1], 新字新仮名 edition, 青空文庫:
      (しょう)(しょう)(そう)(ぞう)しいなと(おも)っている()(みみ)へ、(きゅう)(ふすま)(ひら)いておとなうものがありました。
      Shōshō sōzōshii na to omotte iru nemimi e, kyū ni fusuma o hiraite otonau mono ga arimashita.
      Someone suddenly opened the fusuma and visited my sleeping ears, which were thinking something was a little raucous.
  2. something heard while sleeping

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN