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耳

みみ

ear, hearing

Mnemonic

A pictograph drawn side on, and you have two of them. Say something across the room and she turns the good one towards you: me? me? みみ.

Worth knowing

耳がいい is good hearing. 聞く きく is the listening you do with it.

Built from

ear
A pictograph of an ear, drawn side on.

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