耳が遠い
みみがとおい
poor hearing
Meanings
Expression, I-adjective
poor hearing
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 耳が遠いみみがとおい | 耳が遠いですみみがとおいです |
| Negative | 耳が遠くないみみがとおくない | 耳が遠くないですみみがとおくないです |
| Past | 耳が遠かったみみがとおかった | 耳が遠かったですみみがとおかったです |
| Past negative | 耳が遠くなかったみみがとおくなかった | 耳が遠くなかったですみみがとおくなかったです |
| Te-form | 耳が遠くてみみがとおくて |
|---|---|
| Conditional (ば) | 耳が遠ければみみがとおければ |
| Conditional (たら) | 耳が遠かったらみみがとおかったら |
Example sentences
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His dog is hard of hearing.
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My grandfather is a bit hard of hearing.
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My father is so old that he is hard of hearing.
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She is handicapped by poor hearing.
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Talking of Professor Smith, his assistant is hard of hearing.
More examples (5)
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My grandmother is hard of hearing. In other words she is slightly deaf.
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He's somewhat hard of hearing, so please speak louder.
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My grandfather, being hard of hearing, often makes an irrelevant answer.
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Could you speak louder? I'm hard of hearing.
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He's somewhat hard of hearing, so please speak louder.