"耳を澄ます" meaning in Japanese

See 耳を澄ます in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Literally, "to clear one's ears" or "to make one's ears clear". Head templates: {{ja-verb|みみ を すます|head=耳を澄ます|type=1}} 耳(みみ)を澄(す)ます • (mimi o sumasu) godan (stem 耳(みみ)を澄(す)まし (mimi o sumashi), past 耳(みみ)を澄(す)ました (mimi o sumashita)) Forms: 耳を澄ます [canonical] (ruby: (みみ), ()), mimi o sumasu [romanization], 耳を澄まし [stem] (ruby: (みみ), ()), 耳を澄ました [past] (ruby: (みみ), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 耳を澄まさ [error-unrecognized-form], みみをすまさ [error-unrecognized-form], mimi o sumasa [error-unrecognized-form], 耳を澄まし [error-unrecognized-form], みみをすまし [error-unrecognized-form], mimi o sumashi [error-unrecognized-form], 耳を澄ます [error-unrecognized-form], みみをすます [error-unrecognized-form], mimi o sumasu [error-unrecognized-form], 耳を澄ませ [error-unrecognized-form], みみをすませ [error-unrecognized-form], mimi o sumase [error-unrecognized-form], 耳を澄まされる [passive], みみをすまされる [passive], mimi o sumasareru [passive], 耳を澄まさせる [causative], 耳を澄まさす [causative], みみをすまさせる [causative], みみをすまさす [causative], mimi o sumasaseru [causative], mimi o sumasasu [causative], 耳を澄ませる [potential], みみをすませる [potential], mimi o sumaseru [potential], 耳を澄まそう [volitional], みみをすまそう [volitional], mimi o sumasō [volitional], 耳を澄まさない [negative], みみをすまさない [negative], mimi o sumasanai [negative], 耳を澄まさず [continuative, negative], みみをすまさず [continuative, negative], mimi o sumasazu [continuative, negative], 耳を澄まします [formal], みみをすまします [formal], mimi o sumashimasu [formal], 耳を澄ました [perfective], みみをすました [perfective], mimi o sumashita [perfective], 耳を澄まして [conjunctive], みみをすまして [conjunctive], mimi o sumashite [conjunctive], 耳を澄ませば [conditional, hypothetical], みみをすませば [conditional, hypothetical], mimi o sumaseba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (idiomatic) to listen closely Tags: idiomatic
{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"to clear one's ears\" or \"to make one's ears clear\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ます",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "澄",
          "す"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まし",
      "roman": "mimi o sumashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "澄",
          "す"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ました",
      "roman": "mimi o sumashita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "澄",
          "す"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumashi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ませ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすませ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumashimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ました",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすました",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumashita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumashite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ませば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすませば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumaseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みみ を すます",
        "head": "耳を澄ます",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "耳(みみ)を澄(す)ます • (mimi o sumasu) godan (stem 耳(みみ)を澄(す)まし (mimi o sumashi), past 耳(みみ)を澄(す)ました (mimi o sumashita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to listen closely"
      ],
      "id": "en-耳を澄ます-ja-verb-~~AAj7EJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "listen",
          "listen"
        ],
        [
          "closely",
          "closely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to listen closely"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "耳を澄ます"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"to clear one's ears\" or \"to make one's ears clear\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ます",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "澄",
          "す"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まし",
      "roman": "mimi o sumashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "澄",
          "す"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ました",
      "roman": "mimi o sumashita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "澄",
          "す"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumashi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ませ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすませ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumashimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ました",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすました",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumashita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄まして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすまして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumashite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を澄ませば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをすませば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o sumaseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みみ を すます",
        "head": "耳を澄ます",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "耳(みみ)を澄(す)ます • (mimi o sumasu) godan (stem 耳(みみ)を澄(す)まし (mimi o sumashi), past 耳(みみ)を澄(す)ました (mimi o sumashita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese godan verbs",
        "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with を",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to listen closely"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "listen",
          "listen"
        ],
        [
          "closely",
          "closely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to listen closely"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "耳を澄ます"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 耳を澄ます meaning in Japanese (5.5kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "耳を澄ます"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "耳を澄ます",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "耳を澄ます",
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  "path": [
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  "title": "耳を澄ます",
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}

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  "path": [
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  "title": "耳を澄ます",
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}

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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "耳を澄ます",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "title": "耳を澄ます",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
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  "title": "耳を澄ます",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.