Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 近眼(きんがん) in Japanese

近眼, 近目
JLPT 1
Kana Reading
きんがん, ちかめ
Romaji
kingan, chikame
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia
    Example sentence
    十人に一人は近眼である。 One out of ten persons is nearsighted.

Examples of 近眼, 近目, きんがん, ちかめ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

眼 JLPT 1

11 strokes

eyeball

On'Yomi: ガン, ゲン

Kun'Yomi: まなこ, め

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近 JLPT 4

7 strokes

near, early, akin, tantamount

On'Yomi: キン, コン

Kun'Yomi: ちか.い

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目 JLPT 5

5 strokes

eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

On'Yomi: モク, ボク

Kun'Yomi: め, -め, ま-

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