お目め付つけ役やく

Meanings

A person assigned to watch over someone or something, often in an official or supervisory capacity. Can be used for a chaperone, a monitor, or an inspector. The honorific お makes it polite.

会かい議ぎにはお目め付つけ役やくとして社しゃ外がいの監かん査さ役やくが同どう席せきした。
An outside auditor attended the meeting as a watchdog.
彼かの女じょは若わかい二人ふたりのお目め付つけ役やくとしてパーティーに同どう行こうした。
She accompanied the young couple to the party as a chaperone.

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Kanji

目eye, class, look
付adhere, attach, refer to
役duty, war, campaign

Related words

目め付つけ役やく
Same meaning without the honorific お; less polite and more direct. お目付け役 is the polite version commonly used in formal contexts.
監かん視し役やく
Means 'watchman' or 'surveillance role', focusing on monitoring and observation, often with a security nuance. お目付け役 implies a broader supervisory or chaperoning role.

Built from

お目め付つけ+役やく

Written forms

お目め付つけ役やく
Standard polite spelling with honorific お and kanji 目付け役.
お目め付つけ役やく
Variant spelling using 付 instead of 付け; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

Compound of honorific prefix お (o-) + 目付け (metsuke, 'observation' or 'watch') + 役 (yaku, 'role'). The term 目付け historically referred to inspectors or censors in the Edo period, and 役 indicates a designated duty.