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瞑目
瞑目
Chinese
| close the eyes | eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title
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simp. and trad. (瞑目) |
瞑 | 目 | |
Verb
瞑目
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 瞑 | 目 |
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めい Hyōgaiji |
もく Grade: 1 |
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Etymology
From Middle Chinese compound 瞑目 (meng? mjuwk, literally “closed eyes + eye”).
A mixed reading, using the kan'on for 瞑 (mei) and the goon for 目 (moku), so the reading likely shifted after the initial borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
瞑目 (hiragana めいもく, romaji meimoku)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Verb
瞑目する (intransitive, hiragana めいもくする, romaji meimoku suru)
- to close one's eyes
- to die peacefully
Conjugation
Conjugation of "瞑目する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 瞑目し | めいもくし | meimoku shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 瞑目し | めいもくし | meimoku shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 瞑目する | めいもくする | meimoku suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 瞑目する | めいもくする | meimoku suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 瞑目すれ | めいもくすれ | meimoku sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 瞑目せよ¹ 瞑目しろ² |
めいもくせよ¹ めいもくしろ² |
meimoku seyo¹ meimoku shiro² |
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| Passive | 瞑目される | めいもくされる | meimoku sareru | |
| Causative | 瞑目させる 瞑目さす |
めいもくさせる めいもくさす |
meimoku saseru meimoku sasu |
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| Potential | 瞑目できる | めいもくできる | meimoku dekiru | |
| Volitional | 瞑目しよう | めいもくしよう | meimoku shiyō | |
| Negative | 瞑目しない | めいもくしない | meimoku shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 瞑目せず | めいもくせず | meimoku sezu | |
| Formal | 瞑目します | めいもくします | meimoku shimasu | |
| Perfective | 瞑目した | めいもくした | meimoku shita | |
| Conjunctive | 瞑目して | めいもくして | meimoku shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 瞑目すれば | めいもくすれば | meimoku sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Synonyms
- (close eyes): 瞑る (つむる, tsumuru; つぶる, tsuburu)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan