Word Meaning 目糞が鼻糞を笑う

めくそがはなくそをわらう mekuso ga hanakuso o warau

目糞が鼻糞を笑う is read as めくそがはなくそをわらう (mekuso ga hanakuso o warau) and means the pot calling the kettle black.

Meaning

English

  1. the pot calling the kettle black
  2. the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose

Reading

Kana

めくそがはなくそをわらう

Romaji

mekuso ga hanakuso o warau

Writing Variants

  • 目くそが鼻くそを笑う めくそがはなくそをわらう mekusogahanakusoowarau
  • 目糞が鼻屎を笑う めくそがはなくそをわらう mekuso ga hanakuso o warau

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 73 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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目糞鼻糞を笑う

めくそはなくそをわらう

the pot calling the kettle black

目鼻

めはな

eyes and nose

目鼻立

めはなだち

(set of) facial features

目鼻がつく

めはながつく

to complete most of something

目糞

めくそ

eye discharge

鼻先で笑う

はなさきでわらう

to laugh scornfully

鼻で笑う

はなでわらう

to laugh scornfully

直鼻猿亜目

ちょくびえんあもく

Haplorhini (primate suborder)

曲鼻猿亜目

きょくびえんあもく

Strepsirrhini (primate suborder)

卵に目鼻

たまごにめはな

(cute) egg-like face

引目鈎鼻

ひきめかぎばな

style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period