みみず

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) みみず [mìmízú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲimʲizɨᵝ]

Noun

みみず • (mimizu) ←みみづ (mimidu)?

  1. eye of a needle
Synonyms
  • 針孔(みず) (mizu), 針(はり)の耳(みみ) (hari no mimi), 針(はり)の穴(あな) (hari no ana)

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of みみず – see the following entry.
【蚯蚓】
[noun] [from late 600s - early 700s] a worm, such as an earthworm
Alternative spellings
ミミズ, めめず
(This term, みみず, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as みみず, see Category:Japanese kanji read as みみず.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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