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肉眼 (にくがん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

肉にく眼がん

also: にくげん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

naked eye; unaided eye

Only with reading にくがん

Refers to vision without the aid of optical instruments such as telescopes or microscopes. Common in scientific and everyday contexts.

この星ほしは肉にく眼がんでは見みえない。
This star is not visible to the naked eye.
肉にく眼がんで確かく認にんできる大おおきさの文も字じを書か

い

て

ください

。

Please write characters large enough to be seen with the naked eye.

2

noun

physical eye; fleshly eye

Buddhism

Buddhist term, usually read にくげん. One of the five types of vision (五眼), referring to ordinary physical sight as opposed to spiritual or transcendent vision.

See also: 五眼

仏ぶっ教きょうでは、肉にく眼げんは五ご眼げんの一ひとつとされる。
In Buddhism, the physical eye is considered one of the five types of vision.

Written forms

肉眼Usage100%
- にくがん
  Standard kanji form; the reading にくがん is the common modern pronunciation.
- にくげん
  Alternate reading used mainly in Buddhist contexts for the physical eye (sense 2).
にくげん

Kanji

肉meat
眼eyeball

Similar words

五ご眼げん
The five types of vision in Buddhism, of which 肉眼 (the physical eye) is the first and most limited.

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 肉眼 (nyuwk ngɛnX, 'fleshly eye'). The reading にくがん is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi; にくげん is a variant reading preserved in Buddhist terminology.