目先
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 目 | 先 |
| め Grade: 1 |
さき Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 目前 (rare) |
Etymology
目 (me, “eye”) + 先 (saki, “in front of”)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) めさき [mèsákíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) めさき [mèsákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [me̞sa̠kʲi]
Noun
目先 • (mesaki)
- right before one's eyes
- a prospect for the quite near future
- an idea which one is thinking right there, right at the time
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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