Japanese

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

Noun

目脂 ‎(hiragana めやに, romaji meyani)

1. gound, rheum, eye mucus

Synonyms

• 目糞 (めくそ) ‎(mekuso), 目垢 (めあか) ‎(meaka)

References

1. ↑ 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