目糞

Japanese

目糞 (mekuso): a cat's face, showing the dried rheum or eye mucus just below the tear ducts.

Kanji in this term
目	糞
め Grade: 1	くそ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

目屎

Etymology

Compound of 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 糞 (kuso, “shit”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めくそ [méꜜkùsò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
(Tokyo) めくそ [mèkúsóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞kɯ̟ᵝso̞]

Noun

目(め)糞(くそ) • (mekuso)

gound, rheum, eye mucus

Synonyms

目(め)脂(やに) (meyani), 目(め)垢(あか) (meaka)

Derived terms

目(め)糞(くそ)鼻(はな)糞(くそ)を笑(わら)う (mekuso hanakuso o warau): “the eye booger laughing at the nose booger” → the pot calling the kettle black

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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