遠眼鏡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	眼	鏡
とお Grade: 2	め Grade: 5	かね > がね Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 遠 (tō, “far”) +‎ 眼鏡 (megane, “eyeglasses”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とおめがね [tòóméꜜgànè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːme̞ɡa̠ne̞]

Noun

遠(とお)眼(め)鏡(がね) • (tōmegane) ^{←とほめがね (tofomegane)?}

1. an optical instrument for observing things from far away, such as a telescope or binoculars

See also

• 望(ぼう)遠(えん)鏡(きょう) (bōenkyō)
• 双(そう)眼(がん)鏡(きょう) (sōgankyō)