目薬

Japanese
目薬 (megusuri): various Japanese brands of eyedrops.
Kanji in this term
目 薬
め
Grade: 1		 くすり > ぐすり
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 目 (me, “eye”) +‎ 薬 (kusuri, “medicine, drug”).[1][2][3] The kusuri changes to gusuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

目薬 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 目藥, hiragana めぐすり, rōmaji megusuri)

  1. eyedrops, medicine for one's eyes

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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