目薬

Japanese

目薬 (megusuri): various Japanese brands of eyedrops.

Kanji in this term
目	薬
め Grade: 1	くすり > ぐすり Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
目藥 (kyūjitai) 眼薬

Etymology

Compound of 目(め) (me, “eye”) + 薬(くすり) (kusuri, “medicine, drug”).[1][2][3] The kusuri changes to gusuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) めぐすり [mègúꜜsùrì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][4][5]
IPA^(key): [me̞ɡɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝɾʲi]

Noun

目(め)薬(ぐすり) • (megusuri)

eyedrops (medicine for one's eyes)

Derived terms

目(め)薬(くす)師(し) (mekusushi)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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