めざとい

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spellings
目敏い
目聡い
目ざとい

Etymology[edit]

From () (me) + (さと) (satoi). The satoi changes to zatoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

めざとい (mezatoiめざとい (mezatoi)?-i (adverbial めざとく (mezatoku))

  1. keen-sighted; sharp-sighted
  2. being a light sleeper

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN