Japanese Meaning of pricking up one's ears

耳を澄ます

Other Japanese words related to 耳を澄ます

Definitions and Meaning of pricking up one's ears in English

pricking up one's ears

to affect with anguish, grief, or remorse, a nagging or sharp feeling of remorse, regret, or sorrow, an instance of pricking or the sensation of being pricked, a slight sharply localized discomfort, to remove (a young seedling) from the seedbed to another suitable for further growth, to become directed upward, to feel discomfort as if from being pricked, a spiteful or contemptible man often having some authority, a mark or shallow hole made by a pointed instrument, the sensation of being pricked, to point forward or upward, thrust, to ride, guide, or urge on with or as if with spurs, something sharp or pointed, to mark, distinguish, or note by means of a small mark, to cause to be or stand erect, a mark or small wound made by a pointed instrument, to trace or outline with punctures, to urge a horse with the spur, to have or cause a feeling of or as if of being pricked, an instance of pricking, to listen intently, a pointed instrument or weapon, to ride fast, to prick something or cause a pricking sensation, penis, a sharp projecting organ or part, to pierce slightly with a sharp point

FAQs About the word pricking up one's ears

耳を澄ます

to affect with anguish, grief, or remorse, a nagging or sharp feeling of remorse, regret, or sorrow, an instance of pricking or the sensation of being pricked,

聴聞,聴取,出席,harking,傾聴,注意している,耳を傾ける,考慮して

無視して,チューニング,割引,無視して

pricked up one's ears => 耳を尖らせた., pricked => 刺された, prick up one's ears => 耳を澄ませる, prices => 価格, priced => 価格の設定された,