目垢
Japanese
Kanji in this term
目
垢
め
Grade: 1
あか
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Etymology
Compound of
目
(
me
,
“
eye
”
)
+
垢
(
aka
,
“
dirt
”
)
.
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
め
あか
[mèákáꜜ]
(
Odaka
– [3])
[
1
]
IPA
(key)
:
[me̞a̠ka̠]
Noun
目
(
め
)
垢
(
あか
)
• (
meaka
)
gound
,
rheum
,
eye
mucus
Synonyms
目
(
め
)
脂
(
やに
)
(
meyani
)
,
目
(
め
)
糞
(
くそ
)
(
mekuso
)
References
^
Matsumura, Akira
, editor (
2006
),
大辞林
[
Daijirin
] (in Japanese), Third edition,
Tokyo
:
Sanseidō
,
→ISBN