目垢

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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
目 垢
め
Grade: 1 		あか
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 垢 (aka, “dirt”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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目(め)垢(あか) • (meaka) 

  1. gound, rheum, eye mucus

Synonyms

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References

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