近きん視し

き

ん

し

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness

Medical and everyday term for the condition of being unable to see distant objects clearly. Also used figuratively for lack of foresight.

彼かれは近きん視しが強つよいので、遠とおくの看かん板ばんが読よめない。
He has severe myopia, so he can't read distant signs.

近きん

視し

の

人ひと

は

メガネ

や

コンタクトレンズ

を

使つか

う

こと

が

多おお

い

。

People with nearsightedness often use glasses or contact lenses.

Kanji

近near, early, akin
視inspection, regard as, see

Similar words

遠えん視し
遠視 is farsightedness (hyperopia), the opposite condition where near objects appear blurry.
乱らん視し
乱視 is astigmatism, a different refractive error causing distorted vision at any distance.

Etymology

Compound of 近 (close, near) and 視 (vision, seeing), literally 'near vision'. The term is a direct calque from Western medical terminology introduced in the Meiji period.