"まつげ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ma̠t͡sɨɡe̞] Forms: まつげ [canonical], マツゲ [canonical], matsuge [romanization]
Etymology: From 目(ま) (ma-, “eye”, archaic) + つ (tsu, “-'s”, archaic) + 毛(け) (ke, “hair”, rendaku form 毛(げ) (ge)). Literally, “hair of the eye” Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|目|ま-|つ||毛|け|pos1=archaic|pos2=archaic|s3=:げ?rendaku|t1=eye|t2=-'s|t3=hair}} 目(ま) (ma-, “eye”, archaic) + つ (tsu, “-'s”, archaic) + 毛(け) (ke, “hair”, rendaku form 毛(げ) (ge)), {{m-g|hair of the eye}} “hair of the eye”, {{lit|hair of the eye}} Literally, “hair of the eye” Head templates: {{ja-noun|マツゲ}} まつげ or マツゲ • (matsuge)
  1. (anatomy) eyelash Derived forms: じまつげ (jimatsuge), つけまつげ (tsukematsuge), マツエク (matsueku)

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for まつげ meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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