目糞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	糞
め Grade: 1	くそ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
目くそ目屎

Etymology

Compound of 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 糞 (kuso, “shit”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めくそ [méꜜkùsò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) めくそ [mèkúsóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞kɯ̟̊so̞]

Noun

目(め)糞(くそ) • (mekuso)

gound, rheum, eye mucus

Synonyms

目(め)脂(やに) (meyani), 目(め)垢(あか) (meaka)

Derived terms

目(め)糞(くそ)鼻(はな)糞(くそ)を笑(わら)う (mekuso hanakuso o warau): “the eye booger laughing at the nose booger” → the pot calling the kettle black

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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