人ひと見み

noun

viewing slit in kabuki curtain

Archaic kabuki term for a slit in the stage curtain through which performers could see the audience.

• 歌か舞ぶ伎きでは、人ひと見みから客きゃく席せきの様よう子すをうかがった。

  In kabuki, they would check the audience through the viewing slit.

noun

public eye; being watched; onlookers

Archaic term for the attention of others or the presence of casual observers; now largely replaced by expressions like 人目.

• 人ひと見みをはばかるように、彼かれは小こ声ごえで話はなした。

  He spoke in a low voice, as if wary of being watched.