Save Type Settlement Usage Japanese Scripts 目黒(Japanese Kanji) めぐろ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. MEH-GOO-RO [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Japanese 目 (me) meaning "eye, look, appearance" and 黒 (kuro) meaning "black", so named for a black-eyed statue that was placed on the outskirts of Edo for protection. This is the name of a special ward of Tokyo.