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横目 (よこめ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

横よこ目め

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こ

め

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Meanings

1

noun

sidelong glance; looking sideways

A glance directed to the side without turning one's head; often implies a furtive or casual look.

彼かれは横よこ目めで私わたしを見みた。
He glanced at me sideways.
横よこ目めで時計とけいをちらっと見みた。
I stole a sidelong glance at the clock.

2

noun

Kanji

横sideways, side, horizontal
目eye, class, look

Similar words

縦たて目め
縦目 means long grain (paper), where fibers run vertically. 横目 is its antonym for short grain.

Etymology

Compound of 横 (side, horizontal) and 目 (eye, grain, pattern). The 'sidelong glance' sense is literal; the paper grain sense derives from the horizontal orientation; the radical sense comes from the shape resembling a sideways eye or net.

short grain (paper)

Refers to paper grain where the fibers run horizontally (short direction). Often contrasted with 縦目 (long grain). Commonly written as ヨコ目 in this context.

See also: 縦目

この紙かみは横よこ目めなので、折おり目めがつきやすい。
This paper is short grain, so it creases easily.

3

noun

kanji 'net' radical at top (罒)

Refers to the radical 罒 (あみがしら) when it appears at the top of a kanji, as in 罪 or 署. A specialized term used in kanji description.

See also: 網頭

「罪つみ」の上うえの部ぶ分ぶんは横よこ目めと呼よばれる部ぶ首しゅです。
The top part of 罪 is a radical called 横目.