目白

• 眼白
• (rare) 繍眼児

Compound of 目 (め) (me, “eye”) + 白 (しろ) (shiro, “white”).

The shiro changes to jiro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) めじろ [mèjíró] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [me̞ʑiɾo̞]

目白 (hiragana めじろ, katakana メジロ, rōmaji mejiro)

1. the Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonicus

   haiku by Sekitei Hara (1886-1951)

   菜 (な)畑 (ばたけ)の　日和 (ひより)をわたる　目 (め)白 (じろ)かな

   nabatake no, hiyori o wataru, mejiro kana

   (please add an English translation of this example)

   Hypernym: 雀 (suzume)

2. a white-eye (any other passerine birds of the family Zosteropidae)

• 目 (め)白 (じろ)押 (お)し (mejiro-oshi)
• 目 (メ)白 (ジロ)鮫 (ザメ) (mejirozame)
• 目 (め)白 (じろ)通 (どお)り (Mejiro-dōri)
• 目 (メ)白 (ジロ)酸漿 (ホオズキ) (mejiro hōzuki)

目白 (hiragana めじろ, rōmaji Mejiro)

1. a place name
2. a surname