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眼 : Eyeball

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eyeball

On 'yomi:
ガン(gan) ゲン(gen)
Kun 'yomi:
まなこ(manako)(me)
Strokes:11
Radical: (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(ながしめ)flirtatious glance
流行(はやりめ)conjunctivitis, pink eye, epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
(ふうがん)gonorrheal ophthalmia
台風の(たいふうのめ)eye of a typhoon
を付ける(がんをつける)
をつける(がんをつける)
to stare at
度の強い(どのつよいめがね)powerful spectacles, strong glasses
が冴える(めがさえる)
がさえる(めがさえる)
to be wide-awake, to be wakeful, to be unable to sleep
が据わる(めがすわる)to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.), to have glassy eyes
鏡を掛ける(めがねをかける)
鏡をかける(めがねをかける)
to wear glasses, to put on glasses
が悪い(めがわるい)have bad eyesight
胡孫(サルノコシカケ)polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)
レフカメラ(いちがんレフカメラ)single lens reflex camera
外套(がいとうがん)mantle eye
光紙背(がんこうしはい)reading between the lines
光炯々(がんこうけいけい)
光炯炯(がんこうけいけい)
having piercing eyes, eagle-eyed, having a penetrating insight (into)
紅毛碧(こうもうへきがん)red-haired and blue-eyed (person), a Westerner
朦朧(すいがんもうろう)
もうろう(すいがんもうろう)
with drunken eyes, dazed by wine
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
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(だてめがね)glasses for show
秋波(びがんしゅうは)casting a coquettish (an amorous) glance (at a man)
紅毛(へきがんこうもう)blue eyes and red hair, Westerner
元千両(めもとせんりょう)beautiful eyes, bright-eyed
(がんぷく)a sight for sore eyes, seeing something beautiful or precious
ロイド(ロイドめがね)round glasses with thick plastic rims
(おめがね)
(おめがね)
(your) judgment, discernment
神経(どうがんしんけい)oculomotor nerve
近視(きんしがんてき)myopic, short-sighted
に見える(めにみえる)clear, distinct, apparent
皮膚粘膜症候群(ひふねんまくがんしょうこうぐん)Stevens-Johnson syndrome
(きんめ)splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
(あおめ)a Westerner
が覚める(めがさめる)to awaken, to perk up, to snap out (of something)
を白黒させる(めをしろくろさせる)
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