よそ見み

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

looking away; looking aside

Used as a noun or with する, especially when attention should be kept on something in front of one, such as while driving, walking, or listening.

• 運うん転てん中ちゅうによそ見みをしてはいけない。

  You must not look away while driving.

• ちょっとよそ見みしたすきに、子こどもが走はしり出だした。

  In the moment I looked away, the child started running.

noun

outsider's perspective; observer's view

Less common noun use meaning how something appears when seen from outside or by an observer, rather than by the person directly involved.

• よそ見みには楽らくそうでも、実じっ際さいにはかなり大たい変へんな仕し事ごとだ。

  From an outsider's view it may look easy, but in reality it is quite hard work.