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眼 : Eyeball

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Components:
目艮

eyeball

On 'yomi:
ガン(gan) ゲン(gen)
Kun 'yomi:
まなこ(manako) め(me)
Strokes:11
Radical:目 (109)
Usage Rating:1527
JLPT:N1
old JLPT:1
Grade:5
Unicode:0773c
jis208:20-67
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眼 Usage examples

ながし眼(ながしめ)flirtatious glance
流行眼(はやりめ)conjunctivitis, pink eye, epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
風眼(ふうがん)gonorrheal ophthalmia
台風の眼(たいふうのめ)eye of a typhoon
眼を付ける(がんをつける)
眼をつける(がんをつける)
to stare at
度の強い眼鏡(どのつよいめがね)powerful spectacles, strong glasses
眼が冴える(めがさえる)
眼がさえる(めがさえる)
to be wide-awake, to be wakeful, to be unable to sleep
眼が据わる(めがすわる)to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.), to have glassy eyes
眼鏡を掛ける(めがねをかける)
眼鏡をかける(めがねをかける)
to wear glasses, to put on glasses
眼が悪い(めがわるい)have bad eyesight
胡孫眼(サルノコシカケ)polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)
一眼レフカメラ(いちがんレフカメラ)single lens reflex camera
外套眼(がいとうがん)mantle eye
眼光紙背(がんこうしはい)reading between the lines
眼光炯々(がんこうけいけい)
眼光炯炯(がんこうけいけい)
having piercing eyes, eagle-eyed, having a penetrating insight (into)
紅毛碧眼(こうもうへきがん)red-haired and blue-eyed (person), a Westerner
酔眼朦朧(すいがんもうろう)
酔眼もうろう(すいがんもうろう)
with drunken eyes, dazed by wine
着眼大局(ちゃくがんたいきょく)having an eye to the big picture, being aware of the general situation
開眼供養(かいげんくよう)ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)
伊達眼鏡(だてめがね)glasses for show
媚眼秋波(びがんしゅうは)casting a coquettish (an amorous) glance (at a man)
碧眼紅毛(へきがんこうもう)blue eyes and red hair, Westerner
眼元千両(めもとせんりょう)beautiful eyes, bright-eyed
眼福(がんぷく)a sight for sore eyes, seeing something beautiful or precious
ロイド眼鏡(ロイドめがね)round glasses with thick plastic rims
お眼鏡(おめがね)
御眼鏡(おめがね)
(your) judgment, discernment
動眼神経(どうがんしんけい)oculomotor nerve
近視眼的(きんしがんてき)myopic, short-sighted
眼に見える(めにみえる)clear, distinct, apparent
皮膚粘膜眼症候群(ひふねんまくがんしょうこうぐん)Stevens-Johnson syndrome
金眼(きんめ)splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
青眼(あおめ)a Westerner
眼が覚める(めがさめる)to awaken, to perk up, to snap out (of something)
眼を白黒させる(めをしろくろさせる)
眼をしろくろさせる(めをしろくろさせる)
to be surprised, to be bewildered, to be confused, to be flustered