横よこ目め

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

sidelong glance; looking sideways

A glance directed to the side without turning one's head; often implies a furtive or casual look.

彼かれは横よこ目めで私わたしを見みた。
He glanced at me sideways.
横よこ目めで時計とけいをちらっと見みた。
I stole a sidelong glance at the clock.

noun

short grain (paper)

Refers to paper grain where the fibers run horizontally (short direction). Often contrasted with 縦目 (long grain). Commonly written as ヨコ目 in this context.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を横よこ目めで見みるto glance sideways at someone
彼かの女じょは隣となりの席せきの男おとこを横よこ目めで見みた。
She glanced sideways at the man in the next seat.
〈事こと〉を横よこ目めにnoticing something out of the corner of one's eye while doing/ignoring it
周しゅう囲いの反はん対たいを横よこ目めに、彼かれは計けい画かくを進すすめた。
Brushing aside the opposition around him, he pressed ahead with the plan.
横よこ目めを使つかうto give a sidelong (often flirtatious) glance
彼かの女じょは横よこ目めを使つかって彼かれの反はん応のうを確たしかめた。
She gave him a sidelong glance to check his reaction.

Kanji

横sideways, side, horizontal
目eye, class, look

Related words

流ながし目め sense 1
流し目 is a coquettish or flirtatious sideways glance, often used of a woman's look, while 横目 is a more neutral or furtive glance given without turning the head.
あみがしら sense 3
網頭 is the standard technical name for the 罒 radical at the top of a kanji, while 横目 is an alternative name for the same radical based on its horizontal, eye-like shape.

Opposites

縦たて目め sense 2
縦目 refers to long-grain paper where the fibers run vertically, the direct opposite of 横目, which refers to short-grain paper with horizontally running fibers.

Don't confuse with

脇わき見みN1
横目 refers to glancing sideways with just the eyes without turning the head, often furtively, whereas 脇見 refers to momentarily looking away from what one should be attending to, as when driving.

Built from

横よこ+目め

Etymology

Compound of 横 (side, horizontal) and 目 (eye, grain, pattern). The 'sidelong glance' sense is literal; the paper grain sense derives from the horizontal orientation; the radical sense comes from the shape resembling a sideways eye or net.