Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
なみだ
Grade: S
ふくろ > ぶくろ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
淚袋 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

From (なみだ) (namida) + (ふくろ) (fukuro). The fukuro changes to bukuro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) みだぶくろ [nàmídábúꜜkùrò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠mʲida̠bɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Noun edit

(なみだ)(ぶくろ) (namidabukuro

  1. (beauty) infraorbital hypertrophic orbicularis oculi (narrow strip of “puffiness” directly beneath the eyes, as a desirable physical feature)

Synonyms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN