One eye - Hard

Japanese: 片目 - かため

〘noun〙① One eye. Only one eye. One-sided eye. ※Sagomo Monogatari (1069-77?) vol. 2 "The monk was extremely pitiful."② (adjective-verb) Not being able to see out of one eye. Also, the state of being like that. One-eyed. ※Gyokujinsho (1563) vol. 5 "He is hard. But he is a frightening man."③ A court lady's word for flounder or karei. ※Goyudono Jounal - Bunmei 16 (1484), January 9th "The hard-edged monk is looking at me from the mountain palace."④ Being able to read just a little. → One eye is clear. ⑤ (From the fact that it is counted as one piece, two pieces) Does this refer to one two-shu silver piece of Nanryo? ※Kabuki: Ghost Stories of Tsuki Kasamori (Kasamori Osen) (1865) Prologue: “If you don’t pay the tea fee even for one eye, you can’t even say a compliment.”

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 一方の目。片方だけの目。片一方の目。※狭衣物語（1069‐77頃か）二「かため悪しき僧の、いみじうあはれげなるに候ひけり」② (形動) 片方の目が見えないこと。また、そのさま。独眼。※玉塵抄（1563）五「かためなり。されどもこわ者なり」③ ヒラメまたはカレイをいう女房詞。※御湯殿上日記‐文明一六年（1484）正月九日「ひんかし山殿よりかための御まなまいる」④ ほんの少しだけ文字が読めること。→片目が明く。⑤ (一片、二片と数えるところから) 南鐐二朱銀一つをいうか。※歌舞伎・怪談月笠森（笠森お仙）（1865）序幕「片目も茶代を張込まねば世辞の一つも言はれませぬて」

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