やぶにらみ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

squint; cross-eyed

Refers to the condition of being cross-eyed or having a squint. Can be used literally or figuratively.

• 彼かれはやぶにらみで、目めが内うち側がわに寄よっている。

  He is cross-eyed; his eyes turn inward.

• やぶにらみの人ひとは、物ものが二に重じゅうに見みえることがある。

  People with a squint sometimes see double.

noun

mistaken view; warped perspective

Figurative use: a skewed or mistaken way of looking at things, as if seeing through a squint. Often used in set phrases like やぶにらみの考え.

• 彼かれの意い見けんはやぶにらみで、事じ実じつを正ただしく見みていない。

  His opinion is a mistaken view; he doesn't see the facts correctly.