Word Meaning 瞑目

めいもく meimoku

瞑目 is read as めいもく (meimoku) and means closing one's eyes.

Meaning

English

  1. closing one's eyes
  2. passing away
  3. dying peacefully

Reading

Kana

めいもく

Romaji

meimoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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瞑目合掌

めいもくがっしょう

closing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer

瞑る

つぶる

to close (one's eyes)

瞑想

めいそう

meditation (with closed eyes)

面目

めんぼく

appearance

名目

めいもく

(under the) pretext (of)

人目

ひとめ

(public) notice

科目

かもく

(school) subject

(an) appearance

効き目

ききめ

one's dominant eye

耳目

じもく

eyes and ears

項目

こうもく

headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.)

縫い目

ぬいめ

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