<entry id="2263326" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
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<ent_seq>1942310</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>地獄耳</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>じごくみみ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<gloss>being readily aware of rumors and gossip</gloss>
<gloss>being quick to learn secrets</gloss>
<gloss>having sharp ears</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<gloss>ability to remember everything one hears</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-01-23 00:08:37" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Splitting.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daij</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,0 +14,3 @@
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-01-23 00:59:58" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-05-27 06:54:00" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Darren McLeod</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>The meaning that I'm most familiar with and that I found listed first in most dictionaries that I checked ([1]) was absent. Additionally, I was unable to find any J-J sources for the definition of 'sharp ear; long ears' or any examples of that usage.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>koj
daij</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;sharp ear&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;long ears&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to be readily aware of rumors and gossip&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-05-27 07:18:20" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I don't think the meanings for sense 1 were missing - they were described in an abbreviated way as in the 中辞典.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5: 〔すばやく聞きつけること〕 《have》 big [sharp] ears; (人) a person who is quick to learn secrets [⇒はやみみ]; 〔一度聞いたことを忘れないこと〕 《have》 a fabulous memory; (人) a person who never forgets what he has heard.
中辞典: 《have》 a sharp ear; 《have》 long ears
Daijirin: 人の秘密などをすばやく聞きつけること。</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to be readily aware of rumors and gossip&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;being readily aware of rumors and gossip&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;being quick to learn secrets&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;having sharp ears&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>