目糞

Japanese

目糞 (mekuso): a cat's face, showing the dried rheum or eye mucus just below the tear ducts.

Kanji in this term
目	糞
め Grade: 1	くそ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 糞 (kuso, “shit”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) めくそ [méꜜkùsò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) めくそ [mèkúsóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [me̞kɯ̟ᵝso̞]

Alternative forms

目屎

Noun

目糞 (hiragana めくそ, rōmaji mekuso)

gound, rheum, eye mucus

Synonyms

目 (め)脂 (やに) (meyani), 目 (め)垢 (あか) (meaka)

Derived terms

目糞鼻糞 (めくそはなくそ)を笑 (わら)う (mekuso hanakuso o warau): “the eye booger laughing at the nose booger” → the pot calling the kettle black

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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