虫眼鏡
Japanese
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Kanji in this term | ||
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虫 | 眼 | 鏡 |
むし Grade: 1 |
め Grade: 5 |
かね > がね Grade: 4 |
irregular |
Alternative spelling |
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蟲眼鏡 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 虫 (mushi, “bug, insect”) + 眼鏡 (megane, “eyeglass[es]”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Noun
虫眼鏡 • (mushi megane)
- a magnifying glass
- a microscope
- (slang, sumo) the lowest rank in major-league sumo, so called because the 力士 (rikishi, “sumo wrestler”) names are displayed at the bottom of the 番付 (banzuke, “sumo rankings list or program”) in a small font, requiring the use of a magnifying glass to read easily
Synonyms
See also
- 眼鏡 (megane): glasses
- 望遠鏡 (bōenkyō): telescope
- 双眼鏡 (sōgankyō): binoculars
- 顕微鏡 (kenbikyō): microscope
- 潜望鏡 (senbōkyō): periscope
- 万華鏡 (mangekyō): kaleidoscope
- オペラグラス (operagurasu): opera glasses
References
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 虫
- Japanese terms spelled with 眼
- Japanese terms spelled with 鏡
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- Japanese slang
- ja:Sumo