Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 目屎

Noun

目糞 ‎(hiragana めくそ, romaji mekuso)

1. gound, rheum, eye mucus

Synonyms

• 目脂 (めやに) ‎(meyani), 目垢 (めあか) ‎(meaka)

Derived terms

• 目糞鼻糞 (めくそはなくそ)を笑 (わら)う ‎(mekuso hanakuso o warau): “the eye booger laughing at the nose booger” → the pot calling the kettle black

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3