金目

金目

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
金	目
かね Grade: 1	め Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かねめ [kànémé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ne̞me̞]

Noun

金目 (hiragana かねめ, rōmaji kaneme)

1. (money) value

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
金	目
きん Grade: 1	め Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

• Jūbakoyomi
  • (Tokyo) きんめ​ [kìńméꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲĩmːe̞]

Noun

金目 (hiragana きんめ, rōmaji kinme)

1. (historical) a unit of gold coinage in the Edo period
2. (literally, of a cat or a splendid alfonsino) a golden eye

Derived terms

• 金 (キン)目 (メ)鯛 (ダイ) (kinmedai, “splendid alfonsino”)

Alternative forms

• (golden eye): 金眼

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9