瞑目
Chinese
| close the eyes | eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (瞑目) |
瞑 | 目 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: míngmù
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: míngmù
- Wade–Giles: ming2-mu4
- Yale: míng-mù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingmuh
- Palladius: минму (minmu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 名目
明目
瞑目
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ming4 muk6 / ming5 muk6
- Yale: mìhng muhk / míhng muhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: ming4 muk9 / ming5 muk9
- Guangdong Romanization: ming4 mug6 / ming5 mug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɪŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/, /mɪŋ¹³ mʊk̚²/
- Homophones:
明目
瞑目
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Verb
瞑⫽目 (verb-object) (intransitive)
Synonyms
- (literary) 合目 (hémù)
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 瞑 | 目 |
| めい Hyōgai |
もく Grade: 1 |
| kan'on | goon |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese compound 瞑目 (meng? mjuwk, literally “closed eyes + eye”).
A mixed reading, using the kan'on for 瞑 (mei) and the goon for 目 (moku), so the reading likely shifted after the initial borrowing.
First cited to a work from 857.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
瞑目 • (meimoku)
Verb
瞑目する • (meimoku suru) intransitive suru (stem 瞑目し (meimoku shi), past 瞑目した (meimoku shita))
- to close one's eyes
- to die peacefully
- 我死すとも瞑目せず。
- Ware shisu tomo meimoku sezu.
- Even if I die, I cannot die peacefully.
- 我死すとも瞑目せず。
Conjugation
Conjugation of "瞑目する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 瞑目し | めいもくし | meimoku shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 瞑目し | めいもくし | meimoku shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 瞑目する | めいもくする | meimoku suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 瞑目する | めいもくする | meimoku suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 瞑目すれ | めいもくすれ | meimoku sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 瞑目せよ¹ 瞑目しろ² |
めいもくせよ¹ めいもくしろ² |
meimoku seyo¹ meimoku shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 瞑目される | めいもくされる | meimoku sareru | |
| Causative | 瞑目させる 瞑目さす |
めいもくさせる めいもくさす |
meimoku saseru meimoku sasu | |
| Potential | 瞑目できる | めいもくできる | meimoku dekiru | |
| Volitional | 瞑目しよう | めいもくしよう | meimoku shiyō | |
| Negative | 瞑目しない | めいもくしない | meimoku shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 瞑目せず | めいもくせず | meimoku sezu | |
| Formal | 瞑目します | めいもくします | meimoku shimasu | |
| Perfective | 瞑目した | めいもくした | meimoku shita | |
| Conjunctive | 瞑目して | めいもくして | meimoku shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 瞑目すれば | めいもくすれば | meimoku sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Synonyms
- (to die peacefully): 死に切る (shinikiru)
References
- ^ “瞑目”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth 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