めくら
Mekura
Other forms: 瞽
Also read: メクラ
盲 (Mekura) is a Japanese noun meaning “blindness, blind person, illiteracy, illiterate person”.
Meanings
- noun, adjectival nounblindness; blind person
- nounilliteracy; illiterate person
- nounignorance; ignorant person
Examples
盲馬にはうなずいても目配せしても同じこと。
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
貞子は西に沈んでゆく太陽をみて、メクラになった。
Sadako watched the sun lowering in the west and became blind.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).