目垢

目垢

Japanese

目垢 (meaka): a cat's face, showing the dried rheum or eye mucus just below the tear ducts.

Kanji in this term
目	垢
め Grade: 1	あか Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 垢 (aka, “dirt”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) めあか​ [mèákáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [me̞a̠ka̠]

Noun

目垢 (hiragana めあか, rōmaji meaka)

1. gound, rheum, eye mucus

Synonyms

• 目 (め)脂 (やに) (meyani), 目 (め)糞 (くそ) (mekuso)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN