Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
しろ > じろ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
眼白
繍眼児
 
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Etymology edit

Compound of () (me, eye) + (しろ) (shiro, white).

The shiro changes to jiro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

 
目白: a Japanese white-eye feeding upon a white camellia (白玉椿, Camellia japonica)

()(じろ) or 目白(メジロ) (mejiro

  1. the Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonicus
    haiku by Sekitei Hara (1886-1951)
    ()(ばたけ)の 日和(ひより)をわたる ()(じろ)かな
    nabatake no, hiyori o wataru, mejiro kana
    In a field of green / passing a fine day / perhaps a white-eye
    Hypernym: (suzume)
  2. a white-eye (any other passerine birds of the family Zosteropidae)

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

()(じろ) (Mejiro

  1. a place name
  2. a surname

References edit

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