余所目

Japanese

Kanji in this term
余	所	目
よ Grade: 5	そ Grade: 3	め Grade: 1
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
餘所目 (kyūjitai) よそ目

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よそめ [yòsómé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞so̞me̞]

Noun

余(よ)所(そ)目(め) • (yosome)

the eyes of another; an outside perspective
pretending to be looking at something else
looking away; looking at something else
mistaking; misreading

Synonyms

余(よ)所(そ)見(み) (yosomi)
傍(はた)目(め) (hatame)
傍(おか)目(め) (okame)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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