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にくがん【肉眼】 : nikugan | define meaning
nikugan
Definition
Noun
- Naked eye; bare eye
- (~で) With the naked eye; with one's bare eyes; with one's own eyes
- 【私はまだ肉眼でパンダを見たことがありません。】
わたしはまだにくがんでパンダをみたことがありません。
watashi wa mada nikugan de panda o mita koto ga arimasen.
"I have never seen a panda with my own eyes [with my bare eyes]." - 【赤外線は肉眼では見えない】
せきがいせんはにくがんではみえない
sekigaisen wa nikugan de wa mienai
"Infrared radiation cannot be seen with the naked eye", "Infrared radiation is invisible to the naked eye"
- 【私はまだ肉眼でパンダを見たことがありません。】
- (Scientific) Macroscopy; macroscopic; macroscopical
Etymology
Of Sino-Japanese origin. Derived from にく【肉】 niku "flesh; meat; physical" and がん【眼】 gan "eye". The term can also be read にくげん nikugen, following the Wu Chinese Go'on reading.
Spelling
Orthography | Form |
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Kanji | 肉眼 |
Kana | にくがん |
Romanization | nikugan |
意味:にくがん・にくげん【肉眼】
Categories:
肉眼
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2014, November 10). にくがん【肉眼】 : nikugan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 20, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3526/nikugan/.