Word Meaning 肉眼

にくがん nikugan

肉眼 is read as にくがん (nikugan) and means naked eye.

Meaning

English

naked eye
the physical eye

Reading

Kana

にくがん

Romaji

nikugan

Writing Variants

肉眼にくげん nikugen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms 心眼 Rank 798 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

眼肉

がんにく

meat around the eyes of a fish

竜眼肉

りゅうがんにく

dried longan

肉離れ

にくばなれ

pulled or torn muscle

肉弾

にくだん

suicide attacker

肉食系女子

にくしょくけいじょし

carnivorous female

肉食主義

にくしょくしゅぎ

creophagism

眼

め

(an) appearance

近眼

ちかめ

nearsightedness

開眼

かいがん

filling out the eyes (of a Buddha) as the last step of consecrating a new statue or picture

血眼

ちめ

(doing something in a) frenzy

慈眼

じがん

merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)

両眼

りょうがん

both eyes

Example Sentences

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バクテリアは肉眼では見えない。

Bacteria are invisible to the naked eye.

肉眼ではほとんど見えない星もある。

Some stars are hardly visible to the naked eye.

オーロラを肉眼で見たことがありますか？

Have you ever seen the northern lights with the naked eye?

まだ肉眼じゃ無理だよ。双眼鏡だと、ちょびっとだけ見えるかも・・・。

It's still impossible with the naked eye. With binoculars you might be able to glimpse it....