目垢
Japanese
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目垢 (meaka): a cat's face, showing the dried rheum or eye mucus just below the tear ducts.
Kanji in this term | |
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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)
- gound, rheum, eye mucus
Synonyms
- 目脂 (meyani), 目糞 (mekuso)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN