- 1. [exp] preaching to the deaf; chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear (id)
Kanji in this word
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馬
horseOn: バ (ba)Kun: うま (uma)、 うま- (uma-)、 ま (ma)
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耳
earOn: ジ (ji)Kun: みみ (mimi)
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念
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attentionOn: ネン (nen)
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仏
Buddha, the dead, FranceOn: ブツ (butsu)、 フツ (futsu)Kun: ほとけ (hotoke)
Example Sentences
彼に忠告したところで、馬の耳に念仏だよ。
kare ni chuukoku shitatokorode , uma no mimi ni nenbutsu dayo .
Giving advice to him is like talking to a brick wall.