Word Meaning 目の黒い内

めのくろいうち me no kuroiuchi

目の黒い内 is read as めのくろいうち (me no kuroiuchi) and means while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive).

Meaning

English

while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive)
as long as one lives

Reading

Kana

めのくろいうち

Romaji

me no kuroiuchi

Writing Variants

目の黒いうち めのくろいうち me no kuroiuchi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 64770 Priority K

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