also: ちめ
bloodshot eyes
Literally eyes that are red or bloodshot, often from strain, anger, or lack of sleep.
After working all night, my eyes were bloodshot.
Only with reading ちまなこ
Used in the phrase 血眼になる or 血眼で, meaning to do something frantically or desperately, as if one's eyes are bloodshot from intense effort.
He searched for the culprit in a frenzy.
I'm desperately looking for a job.
Standard kanji spelling; high priority in news and frequency lists.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in everyday writing.
Rare kanji spelling for the reading ちめ, mostly historical or literary.
Compound of 血 (blood) and 眼 (eye). The literal meaning 'bloodshot eyes' extended to a metaphorical sense of doing something with desperate intensity.