noun
red eyes; bloodshot eyes
Refers to eyes that are red or bloodshot, often from fatigue, irritation, or crying.
徹夜で仕事をして、赤目になってしまった。
I worked all night and ended up with bloodshot eyes.
noun
red-eye (in photography)
The red-eye effect in flash photography; often used in compound 赤目現象.
See also: 赤目現象
フラッシュを使うと、写真に赤目が写ることがある。
When using flash, red-eye can appear in photos.
noun
red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
A species of mullet; usually written in kana as あかめ.
See also: 赤目魚
あかめは汽水域でよく見られる魚だ。
The red mullet is a fish often found in brackish waters.
noun
akanbe (facial gesture)
A childish taunting gesture made by pulling down the lower eyelid and sticking out the tongue; often written as あかんべえ or あかんべ.
子供が赤目をして、友達をからかった。
The child made an akanbe gesture and teased his friend.
Compound of 赤 (red) and 目 (eye). The gesture sense is likely an abbreviation of あかんべえ, which itself may derive from 赤目.