まぶた

Usage patterns

• 〈人ひと〉のまぶたが重おもいsomeone's eyelids feel heavy (with sleepiness)

  眠ねむくてまぶたが重おもくなってきた。

  I'm getting so sleepy that my eyelids feel heavy.

• まぶたを閉とじるto close one's eyelids

  彼かの女じょは静しずかにまぶたを閉とじた。

  She quietly closed her eyelids.

• まぶたの裏うらに浮うかぶto picture something vividly in one's mind (as if seeing it behind closed eyelids)

  故こ郷きょうの風ふう景けいがまぶたの裏うらに浮うかんだ。

  The scenery of my hometown appeared vividly in my mind.

• まぶたが腫はれるfor one's eyelids to become swollen

  泣なきすぎてまぶたが腫はれてしまった。

  I cried so much that my eyelids swelled up.