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► 副詞
くりくり  [(1)くりくり]  [coll]    meaning:  eye  rank: 3
☆ がくりくりした可愛 ⇨ A cute girl with big lively eyes  (☛ Always about eyes and in a positive sense)

► 名詞
  [め]    meaning:  eye  rank: 1
☆ 子供の目で世界 ⇨ The world seen through children’s eyes
☆ 彼女茶色の目をしている ⇨ She has brown eyes

  [め]  [目が有る]    meaning:  eye  rank: 1
☆ 競走馬見る目が有る ⇨ He is a good judge of racing horses

  [め]  [目が無い]    meaning:  eye  rank: 1
☆ 見る目がい ⇨ He doesn’t have eye for people, not a good judge of character

  [め]  [目を離す]    meaning:  eye  rank: 1
☆ ちょっと目をしたげた ⇨ I took my eyes off for a second and my dog ran away

視線  [しせん]    meaning:  eye  rank: 2
☆ 彼女たい視線をじた ⇨ I felt cold stares from her
☆ 彼女男達の視線を一身めている ⇨ She has every guys looking at her
☆ 彼女他人の視線をにしぎだ ⇨ She worries too much about people’s eyes  (☛ Literally means “line of sight”)

  [ひとみ]  [liter]    meaning:  eye  rank: 2
☆ 子供達のつぶらな瞳 ⇨ Shining eyes of children  (☛ Eyes as a window to the soul)

眼差し  [まなざし]    meaning:  eye  rank: 2
☆ からたい眼差しをびた ⇨ He got cold stares from everybody
☆ 彼女スター羨望の眼差しで見つめた ⇨ She looked at the star with envious eyes

垂れ目  [たれめ]    meaning:  eye  rank: 3
☆ 彼女は垂れ目で可愛い ⇨ She is pretty with smiley eyes  (☛ The outer edges of eyes are going downward)

吊り目  [つりめ]    meaning:  eye  rank: 3
☆ 欧米人アジア典型だと勘違いしている吊り目のアジア実際どいない ⇨ There are few Asians with slanted eyes westerners mistake as typical Asians  (☛ The outer edges of eyes are going upward)

肉眼  [にくがん]    meaning:  eye  rank: 3
☆ それは肉眼ではえない ⇨ You can’t see that with naked eyes

人目  [ひとめ]    meaning:  eye  rank: 3
☆ そんなに人目をにする必要はないんじゃない? ⇨ I don’t think you have to worry about other’s eyes that much  (☛ Eyes of others)

目玉  [めだま]  [coll]    meaning:  eye  rank: 3
☆ は目玉が大きい ⇨ He has big eyeballs

横目  [よこめ]    meaning:  eye  rank: 3
☆ 彼女を横目でいてた ⇨ She was looking at him with a sideways glance

老眼  [ろうがん]    meaning:  eye  rank: 3
☆ 五十くらいになるとどのは老眼になる ⇨ Most people get presbyopia around 50

薄目  [うすめ]    meaning:  eye  rank: 4
☆ は薄目をけてていた ⇨ He was looking by not completely closing his eyes  (☛ Not squinting, but rather not completely closing one’s eyes while pretending to do so)

眼球  [がんきゅう]  [tech]    meaning:  eye  rank: 4
☆ 眼球 ⇨ An eyeball

伏し目  [ふしめ]    meaning:  eye  rank: 4
☆ 彼女はいつも伏し目がちだ ⇨ She is always looking downward  (☛ Downcast eyes)

  [(1)まなこ]    meaning:  eye  rank: 4
☆ どんぐり眼 ⇨ Big round eyes

目頭  [(2)めがしら]  [目頭が熱くなる]    meaning:  eye  rank: 4
☆ 感動わず目頭がくなった ⇨ The corners of my eyes got hot with emotions  (☛ The tingling sensation when tears are coming out)

目尻  [(1)めじり]  [目尻を下げる]    meaning:  eye  rank: 4
☆ 水着娘達て目尻をげた ⇨ He lowered the corners of his eyes, grinned like an idiot, watching young girls in swimsuits  (☛ The outer corner of eye)
☆ て目尻をげた ⇨ He lowered the corners of his eyes, smiled warmly, watching his grandkids play  (☛ The outer corner of eye)

目線  [めせん]    meaning:  eye  rank: 4
☆ 専門家の目線で意見 ⇨ An opinion seen from the eyes of an expert  (☛ Newer usage, mainly among younger people)

目付き  [(1)めつき]    meaning:  eye  rank: 4
☆ は目付きがい ⇨ He has a menacing stare  (☛ In Asia staring at someone is considered a challenge to fight)

目許  [めもと]    meaning:  eye  rank: 4
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物貰い  [(3)ものもらい]    meaning:  eye  rank: 4
☆ ものもらいができてしまった ⇨ I got an eye stye

裸眼  [らがん]    meaning:  eye  rank: 4
☆ 裸眼視力 ⇨ Vision without correction  (☛ Eyesight without correction. English “naked eye” is “肉眼”)