Medical or descriptive term for misaligned eyes; also used colloquially for a temporary squint.
seeing wrong; mistaken sight
Refers to misperceiving something visually, often used in set phrases like 僻目に見える (to appear differently from reality).
Figurative extension: seeing things in a distorted way due to preconceptions or emotions. Often used in the phrase 僻目で見る (to view with prejudice).
He has a congenital squint; his right eye turns inward.
It's just a trick of the light that the person's face looks different in the dark.
Don't look at his actions with prejudice.
That's just your bias. He's not that kind of person.
Mistaking one thing for another visually; 僻目 focuses on the distorted perception itself rather than the mistake.
Standard kanji spelling. 僻 is a less common kanji, but this compound is the usual written form.
Kana spelling, common in casual writing or when the kanji is considered difficult.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, sometimes used for clarity.
Compound of 僻 (ひが, 'distorted, biased') and 目 (め, 'eye'). The reading ひが is a rare kun'yomi for 僻, and the word is not commonly used in modern everyday speech.