単眼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
単 眼
たん
Grade: 4 		がん
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
單眼 (kyūjitai)

Noun

単(たん)眼(がん) • (tangan) 

  1. simple eye
    複数(ふくすう)の単眼(たんがん)を持(も)つ。
    Fukusū no tangan o motsu.
    It has multiple simple eyes.
  2. a monocular lens
  3. A one-eyed creature, such as a cyclops
  4. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (chiefly anime and manga) monoeye, cyclops girl
    Synonym: モノアイ (monoai)
    • 2021 October 29, でん子[translit?] (@denko_ch), Twitter‎[1]:
      沢山お待たせしました！💦 単眼のみなさんいっぱい描けて満足まんぞく…🥰
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “simple eye”): 複眼(ふくがん) (fukugan)
  • (antonym(s) of “cyclops girl”): 多眼(たがん) (tagan)

Descendants

  • → English: monoeye (calque)

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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