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目をつぶる； 目を瞑る； 目をつむる
【 めをつぶる (目をつぶる, 目を瞑る)； めをつむる (目を瞑る, 目をつむる) 】
1. [exp,v5r]
▶ to shut one's eyes
▶ to close one's eyes
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1585820 瞑る【つぶる】 1. to close (one's eyes); to shut
2. [exp,v5r]
▶ to turn a blind eye (to)
▶ to close one's eyes (to)
▶ to pretend not to see
▶ to overlook
3. [exp,v5r]
▶ to die

Conjugations


History:
10. A 2022-06-09 04:52:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
9. A* 2022-06-08 10:08:06  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5, prog, ルミナス
目をつぶる	65157	54.6%
目をつむる	22681	19.0%
目を瞑る	        27982	23.4%
眼を瞑る	        1284	1.1%
眼をつぶる	1683	1.4%
眼をつむる	642	0.5%
  Comments: 
I don't think the 眼 forms are needed. They're not in the refs.
  Diff: 
@@ -8,3 +7,0 @@
-<keb>目をつむる</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
@@ -14,7 +11 @@
-<keb>眼を瞑る</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>眼をつぶる</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>眼をつむる</keb>
+<keb>目をつむる</keb>
@@ -26,2 +16,0 @@
-<re_restr>眼を瞑る</re_restr>
-<re_restr>眼をつぶる</re_restr>
@@ -30,0 +20 @@
+<re_restr>目を瞑る</re_restr>
@@ -32,3 +21,0 @@
-<re_restr>目を瞑る</re_restr>
-<re_restr>眼を瞑る</re_restr>
-<re_restr>眼をつむる</re_restr>
@@ -39,0 +27 @@
+<gloss>to close one's eyes</gloss>
@@ -44,2 +32,4 @@
-<gloss>to ignore</gloss>
-<gloss>to pretend not to know</gloss>
+<gloss>to turn a blind eye (to)</gloss>
+<gloss>to close one's eyes (to)</gloss>
+<gloss>to pretend not to see</gloss>
+<gloss>to overlook</gloss>
8. A 2014-12-01 21:38:15  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>目をつむる</keb>
@@ -15,3 +17,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>目をつむる</keb>
@@ -30,0 +31 @@
+<re_restr>目をつむる</re_restr>
@@ -33 +33,0 @@
-<re_restr>目をつむる</re_restr>
7. A* 2014-11-29 13:25:59  Not Meiryo-Name <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
djs; djr; tsukuba
  Comments: 
not sure if sense (3) is often used or not but I do see them in 
djs/djr

Using tsukuba web corpus, I get 2316 hits for 目をつぶる and 
599 for 目を瞑る. Not sure about others, but for 瞑る itself, I 
get 6367 for つぶる and 725 for 瞑る.
  Diff: 
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>目を瞑る</keb>
+<keb>目をつぶる</keb>
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>目をつぶる</keb>
+<keb>目を瞑る</keb>
@@ -23,0 +24 @@
+<re_restr>目をつぶる</re_restr>
@@ -25 +25,0 @@
-<re_restr>目をつぶる</re_restr>
@@ -46,0 +47,5 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
+<gloss>to die</gloss>
+</sense>
6. A 2013-04-24 01:45:49  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
kind of ugly
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