眼鏡
めがね
hepburn megane
glasses, eyeglasses
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 眼鏡をかけています。I wear glasses.
- 新しい眼鏡を買いました。I bought new glasses.
Collocations
眼鏡 (megane, glasses)眼鏡をかける (megane wo kakeru, put on glasses)眼鏡を外す (megane wo hazusu, take off glasses)サングラス (sangurasu, sunglasses)お眼鏡にかなう (omegane ni kanau, meet someone's approval — idiom)
Mnemonic
眼鏡 megane — kanji "eye (眼) + mirror (鏡)". Another verb branch: 眼鏡をかける (kakeru, "to hang") — the metaphor is hanging the frames from the nose and ears. かぶる is wrong; つける works but kakeru is more idiomatic. Idiom お眼鏡にかなう = "to match someone's glasses" = to win their approval, said when a superior accepts a junior. Glasses as a tool of discernment is a fossilized feudal-era image.
Quick check
Idiomatic meaning of お眼鏡にかなう?