血眼

Japanese

Compound of 血 (chi, “blood, bloody”) +‎ 眼 (manako, “pupil, eye”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

First cited to the early 1300s.^[1]

血(ち)眼(まなこ) • (chimanako)

Rare alternative spelling. Only listed in some dictionaries.^[4]

For pronunciation and definitions of 血眼 – see the following entry.

[noun] [circa 1120] bloodshot eye, such as due to illness or frenzy

(This term, 血眼, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN