鏡

Meaning

鏡 centers on a reflective surface that shows an image: a mirror. The extended meanings of speculum, barrel-head, and round rice-cake offering all share the idea of a smooth, round, reflective object.

• 鏡かがみ
  N5

  mirror; looking-glass

• 眼鏡めがね
  N5

  glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles

• 顕微鏡けんびきょう
  N2

  microscope

• 望遠鏡ぼうえんきょう
  N2

  telescope

• 双眼鏡そうがんきょう

  binoculars; field glasses

• 万華鏡まんげきょう

  kaleidoscope

• 鏡面きょうめん

  mirror surface; lens surface

• 潜望鏡せんぼうきょう

  periscope

• 老眼鏡ろうがんきょう

  reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged

• 水鏡みずかがみ

  reflective water surface; reflecting water

• 鏡餅かがみもち

  kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11

• 拡大鏡かくだいきょう

  magnifying glass; magnifier; loupe

• 虫眼鏡むしめがね

  magnifying glass

• 色眼鏡いろめがね

  coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses

• 手鏡てかがみ

  hand-mirror

• 明鏡めいきょう

  polished mirror; clear mirror

• 銅鏡どうきょう

  bronze mirror

• 明鏡止水めいきょうしすい

  clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water)

• 三角縁神獣鏡さんかくぶちしんじゅうきょう

  ancient triangular-rimmed mirror decorated with gods and animals

• 鏡板かがみいた

  panel; scene-panel

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