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初耳 (はつみみ): something heard for the first time — Japanese vocabulary

初耳 is read はつみみ and means "something heard for the first time". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

初耳

Reading
はつみみ · hatsumimi
Translation
something heard for the first time
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
はつみみが

Example

初耳ですね。

はつみみですね。

This is the first time I heard about it.

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