jmdict 1584760 Active (id#2317308)
盲 [spec2,news2,nf28] ； 瞽 [rK]
【 めくら [spec2,news2,nf28] ； メクラ [sk] 】
  1. [n,adj-no] [sens]
    • blindness
    • blind person
  2. [n] [sens]
    • illiteracy
    • illiterate person
  3. [n] [sens]
    • ignorance
    • ignorant person
History:
    • A 2024-10-13 23:23:27 Jim Breen (id#2317308)
    • A* 2024-10-13 23:21:19 Robin Scott (id#2317304)
    • Comments
      Splitting out めしい.
I think メクラ can be hidden.
    • Refs
      盲の	4,969	55.0%	
めくらの	3,125	34.6%	
メクラの	946	10.5%
    • Diff
      @@ -22,5 +22 @@
-<re_nokanji/>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>めしい</reb>
-<re_restr>盲</re_restr>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -36,2 +31,0 @@
-<stagr>めくら</stagr>
-<stagr>メクラ</stagr>
@@ -44,2 +37,0 @@
-<stagr>めくら</stagr>
-<stagr>メクラ</stagr>
    • A 2024-10-13 10:38:15 Jim Breen (id#2317262)
    • Refs
      めくら	68260
メクラ	17539
    • Diff
      @@ -20,0 +21,4 @@
+<reb>メクラ</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
@@ -32,0 +37 @@
+<stagr>メクラ</stagr>
@@ -39,0 +45 @@
+<stagr>メクラ</stagr>
    • A* 2024-10-12 22:55:35 parfait8 (id#2317211)
    • Comments
      i think this is potentially [uk], often find this censored as め○ら but i'm not sure and hard to tell from n-grams

sankoku:
"差別的なことば。"
smk:
"〔㊀～㊂は侮蔑(ブベツ)を含意して用いられることがある〕"
meikyo:
"視力障害を比喩として使った、差別的な言い方。"
obunsha:
"（差別的な意がある。以下の派生語も同様）"
gendai:
"「めくら」および「めくら」に関する語は、目の不自由な人への蔑視観が強く、現代では障害者差別の語とされている。"
i'm not sure about the difference between [sens] and [derog] but at the very least [sens] should apply to all senses

盲/めしい seems [form] so maybe worth splitting out

ignoramus -> ignorant person
    • Refs
      gg5

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 盲　　 │ 212,419 │ 75.6% │
│ 瞽　　 │     358 │  0.1% │ add rK
│ めくら │  68,260 │ 24.3% │
╰─ーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -24,0 +26 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -31,0 +34 @@
+<misc>&sens;</misc>
@@ -37,0 +41 @@
+<misc>&sens;</misc>
@@ -39 +43 @@
-<gloss>ignoramus</gloss>
+<gloss>ignorant person</gloss>
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