Etymology

metsubushi

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Today it means: Any of a variety of implements and techniques used in feudal Japan to blind or disorient an opponent. Full definition →

Japanese 目潰し
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from目潰し
  2. English todaymetsubushi

From Japanese 目潰し, literally "eye closers".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.