Word Meaning 見る目嗅ぐ鼻

みるめかぐはな mirumekaguhana

見る目嗅ぐ鼻 is read as みるめかぐはな (mirumekaguhana) and means Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead).

Meaning

English

  1. Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead)
  2. (being a) fuss-pot
  3. complaining about things in the public eye

Reading

Kana

みるめかぐはな

Romaji

mirumekaguhana

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 43 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Rank 157146 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

見た目

みため

appearance

目鼻

めはな

eyes and nose

卵に目鼻

たまごにめはな

(cute) egg-like face

引目鉤鼻

ひきめかぎばな

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

目を見張る

めをみはる

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.)

目鼻立ち

めはなだち

(set of) facial features

目と鼻の間

めとはなのあいだ

very close (to)

目と鼻の先

めとはなのさき

very close (to)

目鼻が付く

めはながつく

to complete most of something

直鼻猿亜目

ちょくびえんあもく

Haplorhini (primate suborder)