赤目

Chinese
 
red; scarlet; bare
red; scarlet; bare; naked
 
eye; item; section
eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
simp. and trad.
(赤目)		 赤 目
alternative forms 刺目 (to envy)
anagram 目赤

Pronunciation

Noun

赤目

  1. (literary) pinkeye; severe conjunctivitis
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Cookeolus japonicus, a species of fish
Synonyms
  • (Cookeolus japonicus): 嚴公舅／严公舅, 紅目鰱／红目鲢, 紅目管／红目管, 紅目猴／红目猴, 紅嚴公／红严公, 嚴公仔／严公仔, 大目仔, 紅目睚／红目睚

Verb

赤目

  1. (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to envy; to be envious; to be jealous
Synonyms

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 赤目 – see 刺目 (“dazzling; glaring; offending to the eye; unsightly; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 刺目).

References

Japanese
Kanji in this term
赤 目
あか
Grade: 1		 め
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

赤(あか)目(め) • (akame) 

  1. (literally) red eye
  2. the Japanese lates (Lates japonicus), a species of fish

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アカメ.

Derived terms
  • 赤(あか)目(め)河(ふ)豚(ぐ) (akamefugu)
  • 赤(あか)目(め)四(し)十(じゅう)八(はち)滝(たき) (akame shijūhachitaki)
  • あかんべい (akanbei)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Yonaguni
Kanji in this term
赤 目
Grade: 1 Grade: 1

Etymology

From 赤 (aga, “red”) +‎ 目 (mi, “eye”), due to the fact that newborns were perceived as red. Cognate with Japanese 赤目 (akame, “red eye”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aɡami/

Noun

赤目(あがみ) (agami) 

  1. child
  2. infant
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