みみず

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みみず [mìmízú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲimʲizɨ]

Noun

みみず • (mimizu) ^{←みみづ (mimidu)^?}

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 (mimizu), 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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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