Word Meaning 目鼻がつく

めはながつく mehanagatsuku

目鼻がつく is read as めはながつく (mehanagatsuku) and means to complete most of something.

Meaning

English

  1. to complete most of something
  2. to take a concrete shape
  3. for the most important parts to be done
  4. the nose and eyes are in place

Reading

Kana

めはながつく

Romaji

mehanagatsuku

Writing Variants

  • 目鼻が付く めはながつく mehana ga tsuku

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 120712 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

目鼻

めはな

eyes and nose

目鼻立

めはなだち

(set of) facial features

目糞鼻糞を笑う

めくそはなくそをわらう

the pot calling the kettle black

目糞が鼻糞を笑う

めくそがはなくそをわらう

the pot calling the kettle black

卵に目鼻

たまごにめはな

(cute) egg-like face

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)

引目鈎鼻

ひきめかぎばな

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

見る目嗅ぐ鼻

みるめかぐはな

Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead)

目的

もくてき

purpose

目玉

めだま

eyeball