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eyeball; eye globe
The spherical organ of sight. Used in medical, scientific, and general contexts.
眼球を動かす。
To move one's eyeballs.
眼球の構造について学んだ。
I learned about the structure of the eyeball.
パソコンを長時間使うと、眼球が乾きやすくなる。
Using a computer for long periods makes the eyeballs prone to drying out.
Compound of 眼 (eye) + 球 (ball, sphere). The standard term for the physical eyeball.
USAGE:
Used in both medical/scientific contexts and everyday language. More clinical than 目 (eye), which is the everyday word. 眼球 specifically refers to the physical globe of the eye, while 目 can refer to the eye, eyesight, or vision more broadly.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 眼球運動 — eye movement
- 眼球が乾く — eyeballs dry out
- 眼球の表面 — surface of the eyeball
- 眼球を動かす — to move one's eyeballs
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 目 — eye (everyday, broader usage)
- 目玉 — eyeball (more colloquial; also means "highlight" or "featured item")
- 瞳 — pupil, eye (poetic, often used for the iris/pupil area)