僻ひが目め

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Meanings

1

squint; strabismus

Medical or descriptive term for misaligned eyes; also used colloquially for a temporary squint.

彼かれは生うまれつきの僻ひが目めで、右みぎ目めが内うち側がわに向むいている。
He has a congenital squint; his right eye turns inward.

2

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).

暗くらがりで人ひとの顔かおが違ちがって見みえるのは、ただの僻ひが目めだ。
It's just a trick of the light that the person's face looks different in the dark.

3

bias; prejudice; misjudgment

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).

彼かれの行こう動どうを僻ひが目めで見みてはいけない。
Don't look at his actions with prejudice.
それは君きみの僻ひが目めだよ。彼かれはそんな人ひとじゃない。
That's just your bias. He's not that kind of person.

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Expressions

親おやの欲よく目めと他た人にんの僻ひが目めparents overvalue their own children but undervalue others'

Kanji

僻prejudice, bias, rural area
目eye, class, look

Related words

斜しゃ視し
Medical term for strabismus; more clinical than 僻目.
偏へん見けん
General word for prejudice or bias; 僻目 implies a visual or perceptual distortion, while 偏見 is broader.
見み間ま違ちがい
Mistaking one thing for another visually; 僻目 focuses on the distorted perception itself rather than the mistake.

Written forms

僻ひが目めUsage75%
Standard kanji spelling. 僻 is a less common kanji, but this compound is the usual written form.
ひがめUsage25%
Kana spelling, common in casual writing or when the kanji is considered difficult.
ひが目め
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, sometimes used for clarity.

Etymology

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.