色眼鏡

Japanese
Kanji in this term
色 眼 鏡
いろ
Grade: 2		 め
Grade: 5		 かね > がね
Grade: 4
irregular

Etymology

Compound of 色 (iro, “color”) +‎ 眼鏡 (megane, “eyeglasses”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

色(いろ)眼(め)鏡(がね) • (iro megane) 

  1. colored glasses
  2. (figurative) a bias, a preconception that colors one's perception of something

Idioms
  • 色(いろ)眼(め)鏡(がね)で見(み)る (iro megane de miru, “to see or look at something through colored glasses”)

Usage notes

This is similar to the English expression, to see or look through rose-colored glasses. However, the English expression implies a positive bias, whereas the Japanese expression is neutral: the bias could be positive, or negative, or neither.

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
色眼鏡

Noun

色眼鏡 • (saegan'gyeong) (hangeul 색안경)

  1. Hanja form? of 색안경 (“sunglasses, dark glasses”).
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