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 156171 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

引目鈎鼻

ひきめかぎばな

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

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

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)

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

見つける

みつける

to be used to seeing