目鼻

めはな

shape, form

目星が付く

めぼしがつく

to figure out, to get an idea

目鼻立

めはなだち めはなりつ

(a set of) facial features, looks

付け鼻

つけばな つけはな

false nose, artificial nose

目付

めつけ

censor, overseer, inspector (Edo period)

鼻が利く

to have an acute sense of smell

引目鉤鼻

ひきめかぎばな ひきめかぎはな

style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period

目鼻立ち

(set of) facial features; looks

狭鼻下目

きょーびしため

catarrhini

広鼻下目

こーびかめ

platyrrhini

卵に目鼻

たまごにめはな

cute, white, oval face (appearing as if someone glued eyes and a nose on an egg)

目くそが鼻くそを笑う

めくそがはなくそをわらう

the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose

目付柱

めつけばしら

downstage right pillar (on a Noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

付け目

つけめ

(to aim at) a weak point

大目付

おおめつけ

(government) inspector-general (Edo period), upper superintendent officer

目と鼻の間

めとはなのあいだ

in front of one's eyes, just nearby, within a stone's throw

曲鼻猿亜目

きょくびえんあもく

Strepsirrhini (primate suborder)

直鼻猿亜目

ちょくびえんあもく

Haplorhini (primate suborder)

目と鼻の先

めとはなのさき

in front of one's eyes, just nearby, within a stone's throw