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

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

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
瞑	目
めい Hyōgaiji	もく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

Noun

瞑(めい)目(もく) • (meimoku) 

1. closing of the eyes
2. a peaceful death

Synonyms

• (peaceful death): 永眠(えいみん) (eimin), 自然死(しぜんし) (shizenshi)

Antonyms

• (peaceful death): 横死(おうし) (ōshi), 変死(へんし) (henshi): a violent 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
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

Synonyms

• (close eyes): 瞑る (つむる, tsumuru; つぶる, tsuburu)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN