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めくら

Japanese

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Alternative spellings
盲
瞽

Etymology

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Compound of 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 暗 (kura, “darkness”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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めくら • (mekura) ←めくら (mekura)?

  1. (likely offensive) blindness
  2. (likely offensive) blind person
  3. (likely offensive) ignorance
  4. (likely offensive) ignorant person; an ignoramus

References

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  1. ^ “盲・瞽”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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