How to say "blindness" in Japanese

• 盲目もうもくCommon
  no-adjectiveRefers to blindness as a condition — the state of being unable to see. A natural choice when discussing the fact of someone's lack of sight rather than the moment of losing it.
  彼女かのじょは盲目もうもくの人ひとを助たすけるための協会きょうかいを創設そうせつした。↗

  She set up an association to help blind people.
• 盲めくらCommon
  no-adjectiveMeans both blindness and a blind person, but it is a sensitive term: take care before using it, and consider whether it truly suits what you want to say.
• 失明しつめいCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers the loss of eyesight — going blind as an event or process rather than the resulting state. Choose it when 'blindness' is about someone's sight being lost rather than about the condition itself.
  彼かれはあやうく片目かためを失明しつめいするところだった。↗

  He came close to losing an eye.

Use 盲目 for blindness as a condition, 失明 for the loss of eyesight or going blind, and treat 盲 with caution, since it is sensitive and also means a blind person.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 盲目もうもくblindness
• 盲めくらblindness
• 失明しつめいloss of eyesight
• 盲もうblindness
• 盲めしいblindness
• 半盲症はんもうしょうblindness
• 目の不自由めのふじゆうblindness
• 視力障害しりょくしょうがいvision damage