目薬

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目薬 (megusuri): various Japanese brands of eyedrops.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
くすり > ぐすり
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
目藥 (kyūjitai)
眼薬

Etymology

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Compound of () (me, eye) + (くすり) (kusuri, medicine, drug).[1][2][3] The kusuri changes to gusuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(ぐすり) (megusuri

  1. eyedrops (medicine for one's eyes)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN