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

Noun

目(め)垢(あか) • (meaka) 

  1. gound, rheum, eye mucus

Synonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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