めくら

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spellings

Etymology[edit]

Compound of (me, eye) +‎ (kura, darkness).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

めくら (mekuraめくら (mekura)?

  1. (likely offensive) blindness
  2. (likely offensive) blind person
  3. (likely offensive) ignorance
  4. (likely offensive) ignorant person; an ignoramus

References[edit]

  1. ^ 盲・瞽”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN