目玉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	玉
め Grade: 1	たま > だま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) めだま [mèdámáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [me̞da̠ma̠]

Noun

目玉(めだま) • (medama)

eyeball
その翅(はね)には目玉(めだま)のような模様(もよう)があった。
Sono hane ni wa medama no yō na moyō ga atta.
On its wings was an eyeball-like pattern.

Synonyms

(more formal) 眼球(がんきゅう) (gankyū)

Derived terms

目玉焼(めだまや)き (medamayaki)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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