遠眼鏡

遠眼鏡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	眼	鏡
とお Grade: 2	め Grade: 5	かね > がね Grade: 4
Irregular

Etymology

From 遠 (tō, “far”) +‎ 眼鏡 (megane, “eyeglasses”, jukujikun (熟字訓))

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) とおめ​がね [tòóméꜜgànè] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ːme̞ɡa̠ne̞]

Noun

遠眼鏡 (hiragana とおめがね, rōmaji tōmegane, historical hiragana とほめがね)

1. an optical instrument for observing things from far away, such as a telescope or binoculars

See also

• 望 (ぼう)遠 (えん)鏡 (きょう) (bōenkyō)
• 双 (そう)眼 (がん)鏡 (きょう) (sōgankyō)