瞑目

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Chinese

close the eyes
 
eye; item; section
eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
simp. and trad.
(瞑目) 		瞑 目

Pronunciation

Verb

瞑⫽目 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to close one's eyes in death; to die content

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瞑 目
めい
Hyōgaiji 		もく
Grade: 1
kan’on goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 瞑目 (meng? mjuwk, literally “closed eyes + eye”).

A mixed reading, using the kan'on for 瞑 (mei) and the goon for 目 (moku), so the reading likely shifted after the initial borrowing.

First cited to a work from 857.

Pronunciation

Noun

瞑(めい)目(もく) • (meimoku) 

  1. closing of the eyes
  2. a peaceful death
    Synonyms: 永眠 (eimin, literally “eternal sleep”), 自然死 (shizen shi, literally “natural death”)
    Antonyms: 横死 (ōshi, literally, “sideways death”, not dying on the straight path), 変死 (henshi, literally “strange/abnormal death”)

Verb

瞑(めい)目(もく)する • (meimoku suru) intransitive suru (stem 瞑(めい)目(もく)し (meimoku shi), past 瞑(めい)目(もく)した (meimoku shita))

  1. to close one's eyes
    Synonyms: 瞑る (tsumuru), 瞑る (tsuburu)
  2. to die peacefully
    我(われ)死(し)すとも瞑目(めいもく)せず。
    Ware shisu tomo meimoku sezu.
    Even if I die, I cannot die peacefully.

Synonyms

Conjugation

Conjugation of "瞑目する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 瞑目し めいもくし meimoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 瞑目し めいもくし meimoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 瞑目する めいもくする meimoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 瞑目する めいもくする meimoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 瞑目すれ めいもくすれ meimoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 瞑目せよ¹
瞑目しろ² 		めいもくせよ¹
めいもくしろ² 		meimoku seyo¹
meimoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 瞑目される めいもくされる meimoku sareru
Causative 瞑目させる
瞑目さす 		めいもくさせる
めいもくさす 		meimoku saseru
meimoku sasu
Potential 瞑目できる めいもくできる meimoku dekiru
Volitional 瞑目しよう めいもくしよう meimoku shiyō
Negative 瞑目しない めいもくしない meimoku shinai
Negative continuative 瞑目せず めいもくせず meimoku sezu
Formal 瞑目します めいもくします meimoku shimasu
Perfective 瞑目した めいもくした meimoku shita
Conjunctive 瞑目して めいもくして meimoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 瞑目すれば めいもくすれば meimoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ “瞑目”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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