顧こ眄べん

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

turning around to look; looking back

Obsolete literary term for turning one's head to look back or around. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by expressions like 振り返って見る.

• 古こ文ぶんでは「顧こ眄べんする」と書かいて、振ふり返かえって見みることを表あらわした。