mistaken view; warped perspective
Figurative use: a skewed or mistaken way of looking at things, as if seeing through a squint. Often used in set phrases like やぶにらみの考え.
He is cross-eyed; his eyes turn inward.
People with a squint sometimes see double.
His opinion is a mistaken view; he doesn't see the facts correctly.
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms 藪睨み etc. are rare and mainly encountered in older texts.
Kanji form; rarely used in modern writing.
Mixed kanji-kana form; rarely used.
Variant kanji form using 薮 instead of 藪; very rare.
Mixed variant kanji-kana form; very rare.
Compound of 藪 (yabu, 'thicket') and 睨み (nirami, 'glare, stare'). The literal image is of someone staring into a thicket with eyes misaligned, leading to the meaning 'squint' and figuratively 'warped view'. The exact origin is uncertain, but it is a native Japanese word.