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表層形
つり目
ツリメ
名詞

つり目 (ツリメ)

Tsurime · つりめ — slant eyes, almond-shaped eyes, eyes that are turned up at the corners

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つり目 in rōmaji: tsurime.

名詞 普通名詞 一般 *
📝 吊り目 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年8月15日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
つり目
見出し語 (Lemma)
吊り目
読み (Reading)
ツリメ
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・一般・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
つり目
読み・基本形
ツリメ
表記・基本形
つり目
見出し語の読み
ツリメ
💡 English Meaning

つり目 means “slant eyes, almond-shaped eyes, eyes that are turned up at the corners” — full definition & examples →

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The surface form (つり目) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (吊り目) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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