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はつみみ

初耳

hatsumimi

rare

English

hearing for the first time

नेपाली

पहिलोपटक सुनेको

Examples

  1. そのニュースは初耳はつみみでした。

    That was the first I'd heard of the news.

  2. 工場こうじょうが移転いてんするという話はなしは、まったくの初耳はつみみでした。

    That was the very first I'd heard about the factory relocating.

  3. 規則きそくの変更へんこうにつきましては、私わたしも初耳はつみみでございます。

    Regarding the change in the rules, I'm afraid this is the first I have heard of it, too.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

初 7 strokes
耳 6 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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