目薬
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目薬 (megusuri): various Japanese brands of eyedrops.
Japanese
| 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 (me, “eye”) + 薬 (kusuri, “medicine, drug”).[1][2][3] The kusuri changes to gusuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
- 目薬師 (mekusushi)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN