瞳
ひとみ
pupil (of the eye); eyes (poetic)
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Examples
赤ちゃんの瞳はとてもきれいだ。
あかちゃんのひとみはとてもきれいだ。
A baby's eyes are so beautiful.
瞳は明るい所では小さくなる。
ひとみはあかるいところではちいさくなる。
The pupils get smaller in bright light.
彼女は大きな瞳でじっとこちらを見つめていた。
かのじょはおおきなひとみでじっとこちらをみつめていた。
She was gazing straight at me with her big dark eyes.
Common patterns
- 大きな瞳
- big eyes
- 瞳が輝く
- for one's eyes to shine
- 澄んだ瞳
- clear eyes
Memory tip
Technically the pupil, but in everyday and literary Japanese 瞳 means the expressive dark part of someone's eyes; 目 is the plain word for the eye as a body part. 瞳 is also a girl's given name.
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