目白
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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目 | 白 |
め Grade: 1 |
しろ > じろ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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眼白 繍眼児 |
Etymology edit
Compound of 目 (me, “eye”) + 白 (shiro, “white”).
The shiro changes to jiro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- the Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonicus
- haiku by Sekitei Hara (1886-1951)
- 菜畑の 日和をわたる 目白かな
- nabatake no, hiyori o wataru, mejiro kana
- In a field of green / passing a fine day / perhaps a white-eye
- 菜畑の 日和をわたる 目白かな
- Hypernym: 雀 (suzume)
- haiku by Sekitei Hara (1886-1951)
- a white-eye (any other passerine birds of the family Zosteropidae)
Derived terms edit
Proper noun edit
- a place name
- a surname