Word Meaning 目の黒いうち

めのくろいうち me no kuroiuchi

目の黒いうち is read as めのくろいうち (me no kuroiuchi) and means while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive).

Meaning

English

while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive)
as long as one lives

Reading

Kana

めのくろいうち

Romaji

me no kuroiuchi

Writing Variants

目の黒い内 めのくろいうち me no kuroiuchi

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 113497 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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目が黒いうち

めがくろいうち

while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive)

目黒

めぐろ

Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

目を白黒させる

めをしろくろさせる

to dart one's eyes about

黒目がち

くろめがち

large-pupilled

目黒区美術館

めぐろくびじゅつかん

Meguro Museum of Art

黒目

くろめ

pupil and (dark) iris of the eye

黒い目

くろいめ

observant eye

黒目豆

くろめまめ

black-eyed pea

黒縁目白

くろへりめじろ

copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes)

秋刀魚は目黒に限る

さんまはめぐろにかぎる

Pacific saury is only good if it's from Meguro

目

め

(an) appearance

目前

もくぜん

before one's very eyes

Example Sentences

俺の目の黒いうちは勝手なことはさせん！

While there is black in my eye, I will not allow you to take such liberties!

目の黒いうちに孫の顔を見てみたいものだけど、うちの娘３人とも男っ気がないのよね。

I want to see my own grandchildren before I die, but there doesn't seem to be any form of male connection in all three of our daughters.