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近眼 (きんがん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

近きん眼がん

also: ちかめ

き

ん

が

ん

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

noun, na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia

Refers to the condition of being nearsighted. Can be used as a noun, na-adjective, or no-adjective to describe a person or eyesight.

彼かれは近きん眼がんで、遠とおくのものがよく見みえない。
He is nearsighted and can't see distant objects well.
近きん眼がんの人ひと

は

眼鏡めがね

を

かける

こと

が

多おお

い

。

Nearsighted people often wear glasses.

Written forms

近眼Usage98%
- きんがん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading きんがん is the most common.
- ちかめ
近ちか目めUsage2%
Alternate spelling using 目, read ちかめ. Less common than 近眼.
ちかめ

Kanji

近near, early, akin
眼eyeball
目eye, class, look

Similar words

遠えん視し
遠視 means farsightedness (hyperopia), the opposite condition where near objects appear blurry.
乱らん視し
乱視 means astigmatism, a different vision condition often co-occurring with myopia.

Etymology

Compound of 近 (kin, 'near') and 眼 (gan, 'eye'), literally 'near eye'. The reading ちかめ is a kun'yomi variant.