はつみみ – Vocabulary details

はつみみ

Noun

1. something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

いや、初はつ耳みみですよ！？No, this is the first I've heard of it!?

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つみみ

first; new

ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)

いや、はつみみですよ！？

No, this is the first I've heard of it!?

それははつみみだ。

It's news to me.

このニュースははつみみです。

This news is new to me.

その方ほう式しきははつみみです。

This is the first time I have heard of that method.

はつみみだったので驚おどろいて私わたしは弟おとうとを見みた。

I was surprised because it was the first time I had heard of it, and I looked at my younger brother.

どうやら、交こう渉しょうに行いった者ものもはつみみであったらしい。

Apparently, even those who went to negotiate were hearing it for the first time.

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