Japanese

目垢 (meaka): a cat's face, showing the dried rheum or eye mucus just below the tear ducts.

Noun

目垢 ‎(hiragana めあか, romaji meaka)

1. gound, rheum, eye mucus

Synonyms

• 目脂 (めやに) ‎(meyani), 目糞 (めくそ) ‎(mekuso)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9