めしい

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
盲瞽

Etymology

From Old Japanese, a compound of 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 癈 (shii, “debility, dysfunction”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めしい (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

めしい • (meshī) ^{←めしひ (mesifi)^?}

(dated, likely offensive) blindness
(dated, likely offensive) blind person

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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