"耳を疑う" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

Etymology: Literally "to doubt (one's) ear" Head templates: {{ja-verb|みみ を うたがう|head=耳を疑う|type=1}} 耳(みみ)を疑(うたが)う • (mimi o utagau) godan (stem 耳(みみ)を疑(うたが)い (mimi o utagai), past 耳(みみ)を疑(うたが)った (mimi o utagatta)) Forms: 耳を疑う [canonical] (ruby: (みみ), (うたが)), mimi o utagau [romanization], 耳を疑い [stem] (ruby: (みみ), (うたが)), 耳を疑った [past] (ruby: (みみ), (うたが)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 耳を疑わ [error-unrecognized-form], みみをうたがわ [error-unrecognized-form], mimi o utagawa [error-unrecognized-form], 耳を疑い [error-unrecognized-form], みみをうたがい [error-unrecognized-form], mimi o utagai [error-unrecognized-form], 耳を疑う [error-unrecognized-form], みみをうたがう [error-unrecognized-form], mimi o utagau [error-unrecognized-form], 耳を疑え [error-unrecognized-form], みみをうたがえ [error-unrecognized-form], mimi o utagae [error-unrecognized-form], 耳を疑われる [passive], みみをうたがわれる [passive], mimi o utagawareru [passive], 耳を疑わせる [causative], 耳を疑わす [causative], みみをうたがわせる [causative], みみをうたがわす [causative], mimi o utagawaseru [causative], mimi o utagawasu [causative], 耳を疑える [potential], みみをうたがえる [potential], mimi o utagaeru [potential], 耳を疑おう [volitional], みみをうたがおう [volitional], mimi o utagaō [volitional], 耳を疑わない [negative], みみをうたがわない [negative], mimi o utagawanai [negative], 耳を疑わず [continuative, negative], みみをうたがわず [continuative, negative], mimi o utagawazu [continuative, negative], 耳を疑います [formal], みみをうたがいます [formal], mimi o utagaimasu [formal], 耳を疑った [perfective], みみをうたがった [perfective], mimi o utagatta [perfective], 耳を疑って [conjunctive], みみをうたがって [conjunctive], mimi o utagatte [conjunctive], 耳を疑えば [conditional, hypothetical], みみをうたがえば [conditional, hypothetical], mimi o utagaeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (idiomatic) to doubt what one just heard; hearing something surprising Tags: idiomatic

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{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"to doubt (one's) ear\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "耳を疑う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "疑",
          "うたが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑い",
      "roman": "mimi o utagai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "疑",
          "うたが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑った",
      "roman": "mimi o utagatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "疑",
          "うたが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みみ を うたがう",
        "head": "耳を疑う",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "耳(みみ)を疑(うたが)う • (mimi o utagau) godan (stem 耳(みみ)を疑(うたが)い (mimi o utagai), past 耳(みみ)を疑(うたが)った (mimi o utagatta))",
      "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 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 non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What I just heard caught me off guard.",
          "roman": "Totsuzen no hanashi de jibun no mimi o utagatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "突然",
              "とつぜん"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "はなし"
            ],
            [
              "自分",
              "じぶん"
            ],
            [
              "耳",
              "みみ"
            ],
            [
              "疑",
              "うたが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "突然の話で自分の耳を疑った。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to doubt what one just heard; hearing something surprising"
      ],
      "id": "en-耳を疑う-ja-verb-86Lmr8R7",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to doubt what one just heard; hearing something surprising"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "耳を疑う"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"to doubt (one's) ear\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "耳を疑う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "疑",
          "うたが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑い",
      "roman": "mimi o utagai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "疑",
          "うたが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑った",
      "roman": "mimi o utagatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耳",
          "みみ"
        ],
        [
          "疑",
          "うたが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "耳を疑えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みみをうたがえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimi o utagaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みみ を うたがう",
        "head": "耳を疑う",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "耳(みみ)を疑(うたが)う • (mimi o utagau) godan (stem 耳(みみ)を疑(うたが)い (mimi o utagai), past 耳(みみ)を疑(うたが)った (mimi o utagatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "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 sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
        "Japanese type 1 verbs",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What I just heard caught me off guard.",
          "roman": "Totsuzen no hanashi de jibun no mimi o utagatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "突然",
              "とつぜん"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "はなし"
            ],
            [
              "自分",
              "じぶん"
            ],
            [
              "耳",
              "みみ"
            ],
            [
              "疑",
              "うたが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "突然の話で自分の耳を疑った。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to doubt what one just heard; hearing something surprising"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to doubt what one just heard; hearing something surprising"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "耳を疑う"
}
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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "耳を疑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "耳を疑う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "耳を疑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "耳を疑う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "耳を疑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "耳を疑う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "耳を疑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "耳を疑う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "耳を疑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "耳を疑う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "耳を疑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "耳を疑う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "耳を疑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "耳を疑う",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). 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.

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