上目遣い
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 上 | 目 | 遣 |
| うわ Grade: 1 | め Grade: 1 | つか > づか Grade: S |
| kun’yomi | ||
Alternative forms
- 上目使い
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) うわめづかい [ùwámézúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠me̞zɨᵝka̠i]
Noun
上目遣い (hiragana うわめづかい, rōmaji uwamezukai, historical hiragana うはめづかひ)
- looking upward at someone with the eyes, while the face is pointing downwards
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN