No. 3,041 in Japanese
メガネ
Glasses.
In a sentence
彼のメガネは壊れてしまった。
His glasses are broken.
Here, 'メガネ' explicitly refers to eyeglasses used for vision correction or aid.
彼女は黄色いフレームのメガネをかけています。
She is wearing glasses with yellow frames.
In this sentence, 'メガネ' again refers to the physical item, emphasizing their appearance (yellow frames).
メガネをしないと遠くが見えません。
Without glasses, I can't see far.
Here, 'メガネ' is used to denote the necessity of glasses for seeing objects at a distance.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “メガネ” in actual Japanese podcasts.
Find “メガネ” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Japanese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 日本語, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Japanese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).