みみず

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲimʲizɨ]
• (Tokyo) みみず [mìmízú] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

みみず • (mimizu) ^{←みみづ (mimidu)?}

1. eye of a needle

Synonyms

• 針孔(みず) (mizu), 針(はり)の耳(みみ) (hari no mimi), 針(はり)の穴(あな) (hari no ana)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of みみず – see the following entry.

【蚯蚓】 [noun] [from late 600s–early 700s] a worm, such as an earthworm Alternative spellings ミミズ, めめず

(This term, みみず (mimizu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as みみず, see Category:Japanese kanji read as みみず.