Usage patterns 耳みみ 寄よ りな 話はなし a welcome piece of news
I heard a welcome piece of news from her.
耳みみ 寄よ りな 情じょう 報ほう welcome, useful information
We provide welcome information, such as sale details.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 耳みみ 寄よ りな 話はなし がある to have a welcome piece of news for someone
I have some good news for you.
Kanji 寄 draw near, stop in, bring near Related words 朗報 is a formal noun meaning 'glad tidings' or 'good news', while 耳寄り is a more casual na-adjective describing information as pleasant or beneficial to hear.
有益 emphasizes that something is useful or beneficial in general, whereas 耳寄り specifically describes news or information as being nice or lucky to have heard.
喜ばしい is a broader adjective meaning 'joyful' or 'delightful' for events or outcomes, while 耳寄り focuses narrowly on information that is pleasing to hear.
Don't confuse with 耳寄り (welcome to hear) and 耳障り (grating or unpleasant to the ear) look and sound similar but describe opposite reactions to what one hears.
耳寄り means information is worth hearing (usually good news), whereas 初耳 simply means the speaker is hearing it for the first time, with no implication of it being good or bad.
Written forms 耳みみ 寄よ り Usage 30%
Standard kanji spelling; the 寄り part conveys 'approaching' or 'favorable'.
耳みみ より Usage 70%
Common variant; the okurigana より is often used in modern writing.
Etymology Compound of 耳 (ear) and 寄り (approaching, favorable), literally 'ear-approaching', meaning something that comes favorably to one's ears.
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