肉にく眼がん

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.

noun

physical eye; fleshly eye

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.