瞑目

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ muk⁶, ming⁵ muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngmù
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-mu⁴
    • Yale: míng-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingmuh
    • Palladius: минму (minmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ muk⁶, ming⁵ muk⁶
    • Yale: mìhng muhk, míhng muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ muk⁹, ming⁵ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ mug⁶, ming⁵ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/, /mɪŋ¹³ mʊk̚²/
    • Homophones:

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Verb

瞑⫽目 (verb-object) (intransitive)

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

Synonyms

• (literary) 合目 (hémù)

Derived terms

• 死不瞑目 (sǐbùmíngmù)
• 死亦瞑目 (sǐyìmíngmù)

 

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

• (Tokyo) めーもく [mèémókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːmo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

瞑(めい)目(もく) • (meimoku) 

1. [from 1422] closing of the eyes
2. [from 857] 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

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