"めくら" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [me̞kɯ̟ɾa̠] Forms: mekura [romanization], めくら [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 目 (me, “eye”) + 暗 (kura, “darkness”). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|目|暗|t1=eye|t2=darkness|tr1=me|tr2=kura}} 目 (me, “eye”) + 暗 (kura, “darkness”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=めくら}} めくら • (mekura) ^(←めくら (mekura)?)
  1. (likely offensive) blindness
    Sense id: en-めくら-ja-noun-4zVxaFWT
  2. (likely offensive) blind person
    Sense id: en-めくら-ja-noun-AuLTsOsz Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Disability Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 51 6 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 52 5 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 54 3 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 54 3 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 50 10 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 77 5 12 Disambiguation of Disability: 11 55 11 22
  3. (likely offensive) ignorance
    Sense id: en-めくら-ja-noun-9d~FkAod
  4. (likely offensive) ignorant person; an ignoramus
    Sense id: en-めくら-ja-noun-h7rUdWtW

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for めくら meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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