Illustration: Around a low table in a friend's apartment, one woman leans toward a newly arrived guest and tells her something unexpected. The listener freezes while pouring tea, eyebrows raised and free hand pointing toward her own chest as if checking that everyone else already knew.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

初はつ耳みみ

hatsumimi

news to me

Example sentences

  1. 初耳はつみみですね。

    This is the first time I heard about it.

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  2. それは初耳はつみみですね。

    That’s news to me.

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  3. その言葉ことばは初耳はつみみです。

    This is the first time I’ve heard that word.

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Kanji in 初耳

  • 初first time; beginningOnショKunはじめ・はじめて・はつ
  • 耳earOnジKunみみ

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