目薬

Japanese
目薬 (megusuri): various Japanese brands of eyedrops.
Kanji in this term
目 薬
め
Grade: 1		 くすり > ぐすり
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
目藥 (kyūjitai)
眼薬

Etymology

Compound of 目(め) (me, “eye”) + 薬(くすり) (kusuri, “medicine, drug”).[1][2][3] The kusuri changes to gusuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

目(め)薬(ぐすり) • (megusuri) 

  1. eyedrops (medicine for one's eyes)

Derived terms
  • 目(め)薬(くす)師(し) (mekusushi)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 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
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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