左さ右ゆう盲もう

noun

left-right confusion; difficulty instantly telling left from right

Colloquial term for the common difficulty some people have in quickly distinguishing left from right, often used self-deprecatingly.

• 私わたしは左さ右ゆう盲もうだから、道みち案あん内ないが苦にが手てだ。

  I have left-right confusion, so I'm bad at giving directions.

• 左さ右ゆう盲もうの人ひとには、右みぎ左ひだりを瞬しゅん時じに判はん断だんするのが難むずかしい。

  For people with left-right confusion, it's hard to instantly tell right from left.