目の玉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	玉
め Grade: 1	たま Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
眼の玉

Etymology

目(め) (me, “eye”) + の (no, genitive particle) + 玉(たま) (tama, “ball”). Literally, “ball of the eye”.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めのたま [méꜜ nò tàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) めのたま [mè nó támáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [me̞ no̞ ta̠ma̠]

(Tokyo) めの・たま [méꜜ nò tàmáꜜ] (Atamadaka + Odaka – [1]-[2])^[2]

Noun

目(め)の玉(たま) • (me no tama)

eyeball
Synonyms: 目(め)玉(だま) (medama), (formal) 眼(がん)球(きゅう) (gankyū)

Derived terms

目(め)ん玉(たま) (mentama)
目(め)の玉(たま)が飛(と)び出(で)る (me no tama ga tobideru)
目(め)の玉(たま)の黒(くろ)い内(うち) (me no tama no kuroi uchi)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN