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目寄れ (めよれ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

目め寄よれ

Meanings

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noun

weave distortion; fabric flaw

Technical term for a localized irregularity in the weave of a fabric, often appearing as a pulled or skewed thread.

この生き地じには目め寄よれがあるので、縫ぬうときに注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようだ。
This fabric has a weave distortion, so you need to be careful when sewing.

Kanji

目eye, class, look
寄draw near, stop in, bring near

Etymology

Compound of 目 (me, 'eye; grain; texture') and 寄れ (yore, 'twisting; distortion', from 寄る yoru, 'to approach; to gather'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a weave defect.