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耳学問 (みみがくもん, mimigakumon) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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His knowledge is nothing more than hearsay.
Information gained through second-hand knowledge is often unreliable.
Kanji 学 study, learning, science Related words 又また 聞ぎ き 又聞き refers specifically to hearing something indirectly from someone else, while 耳学問 emphasizes the accumulation of knowledge through such indirect means, often with a critical tone.
受う け 売う り 受け売り means passing off someone else's knowledge as one's own, whereas 耳学問 is the state of having only second-hand knowledge, without necessarily parroting it.
Etymology Compound of 耳 (ear) and 学問 (learning, scholarship). The term suggests learning that enters through the ears rather than through books or direct study.
