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目薬 (めぐすり, megusuri) Japanese meaning: eye drops | Kotomora

目め薬ぐすり

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

eye drops; eyewash

Common noun for medicated liquid applied to the eyes.

目めが乾かわいたので、目め薬ぐすりをさした。

My eyes were dry, so I put in some eye drops.

Usage patterns

目め薬ぐすりをつけるto apply/put in eye drops
寝ねる前まえに目め薬ぐすりをつけるようにしている。
I make it a habit to put in eye drops before going to bed.
目め薬ぐすりが切きれるto run out of eye drops
目め薬ぐすりが切きれたので薬やっ局きょくで買かってきた。
I ran out of eye drops, so I bought some at the pharmacy.

Expressions

目め薬ぐすりを差さすapply eyedrops; put in eyedrops
二に階かいから目め薬ぐすりfrustratingly difficult task; roundabout and inefficient way · something totally ineffective

Kanji

目eye, class, look
薬medicine, chemical, enamel
眼eyeball

Related words

点てん眼がん薬やく
目薬 is the everyday word for eye drops, while 点眼薬 is the more formal/medical term used on packaging and in clinical contexts.

Counted with

滴てき
counter for drops of liquid

Word family

メグスリノキ
Nikko maple; Acer maximowiczianum

Built from

目め+薬くすり

Written forms

目め薬ぐすりUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
めぐすりUsage1%
メグスリUsage1%
眼め薬ぐすり
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Compound of 目 (eye) and 薬 (medicine).