空そら目め

noun

seeing something that isn't there; hallucination

Refers to the experience of thinking you saw something that wasn't actually there; a momentary visual misperception rather than a clinical hallucination.

• 暗くら闇やみで人ひとの姿すがたを空そら目めした。

  I thought I saw a person in the darkness, but it was just my imagination.

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

pretending not to see; turning a blind eye

Deliberately ignoring something one should notice; often used in the phrase 空目を使う (to pretend not to see).

See also: 見ぬふり

• 彼かれは私わたしの失しっ敗ぱいに空そら目めを使つかってくれた。

  He pretended not to see my mistake.

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

looking upwards; upward glance

Rare; the act of looking upward. The cross-reference to 上目 suggests a connection to an upward gaze, but this usage is uncommon.

See also: 上目

• 彼かれは空そら目めして星ほしを見みていた。

  He was looking up at the stars.