Results, 寝耳に水 #n

寝耳に水【ねみみにみずnemiminimizu】

expression / noun:

  • bolt from the blue; great surprise - idiom

そのsono知らせshiraseはha全くmattaku寝耳に水nemiminimizuだったdatta。 The news hit me like a bolt from the blue.

Kanji definition:

寝
常用中学校JLPTN3

シンSHIN・ねるne.ru・ねかすne.kasu・いぬi.nu・みたまやmitamaya・やめるya.meru

lie down; sleep; rest; bed; remain unsold

➜
寢
Strokes:
13
Radical:
宀 roof
SKIP:
2-3-10
UTF:
5bdd
JIS208:
31-18
Hangul:
침 [chim]
Pinyin:
qǐn
Stroke order:
Example words:
寝室【しんしつshinshitsu】
bedroom
寝返り【ねがえりnegaeri】
turning over while sleeping in bed; / betrayal; double-crossing
寝かせる【ねかせるnekaseru】
to put to bed; / to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; / to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; / to ferment; to lay down (wine)
早寝【はやねhayane】
go to bed early
寝る【ねるneru】
to lie down; / to go to bed; to lie in bed; / to sleep (lying down); / to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); / to lie idle
耳
常用１年JLPTN3

ジJI・みみmimi

ear

Strokes:
6
Radical:
耳 ear
SKIP:
4-6-1
UTF:
8033
JIS208:
28-10
Nanori:
がみgami
Hangul:
이 [i]
Pinyin:
ěr
Stroke order:
Example words:
耳【みみmimi】
ear; / hearing; / edge; crust; / selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
耳障り【みみざわりmimizawari】
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating; jarring; cacophonous
耳鼻科【じびかjibika】
otolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department
耳元【みみもとmimimoto】
close to the ear
耳より【みみよりmimiyori】
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
水
常用１年JLPTN5

スイSUI・みずmizu・みず~mizu

water

Strokes:
4
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
4-4-3
UTF:
6c34
JIS208:
31-69
Nanori:
うずuzu・ずみzumi・つtsu・どdo・みmi・みさmisa・みつmitsu・みなmina・みんmin
Hangul:
수 [su]
Pinyin:
shuǐ
Stroke order:
Example words:
水【みずmizu】
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); / fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; / flood; floodwaters; / water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; / break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
水準【すいじゅんsuijun】
level; standard; / water level
水面【すいめんsuimen】
water's surface
水道【すいどうsuidou】
water supply; water service; waterworks; / channel; strait; / water course; waterway
水田【すいでんsuiden】
(water-filled) paddy field

Kanji

寝

シンSHIN・ねるne.ru・ねかすne.kasu・いぬi.nu・みたまやmitamaya・やめるya.meru

lie down; sleep; rest; bed; remain unsold

耳

ジJI・みみmimi

ear


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