見る目

見る目

Japanese

Kanji in this term
見	目
み Grade: 1	め Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲiɾɯ̟ᵝme̞]

Noun

見(み)る目(め) • (mirume) 

1. prying eyes; people who may be watching

   女(じょ)性(せい)が女(じょ)性(せい)を見(み)る目(め)

   josei ga josei o mirume

   women keeping an eye on other women

2. the quality of being perceptive, observant

   絵(え)を見(み)る目(め)がある。

   E o mirume ga aru.

   She has an eye for paintings.

   • 2000, Ōguri Dōei, Zusetsu Mikkyō nyūmon [Introduction to esoteric Buddhism], page 161:

     人(にん)間(げん)は、外(そと)を見(み)る目(め)と自(じ)分(ぶん)の内(ない)心(しん)を見(み)る目(め)、この二(ふた)つの目(め)をもっています。

     Ningen wa, soto o mirume to jibun no naishin o mirume, kono futatsu no me o motteimasu.

     People have two types of vision, the ability to see what is outside and the potential to look within their own hearts.

3. appearance, look
   • 1961 [1932], Tatsunokuchi Naotaro, Ningenteki yōso, translation of The Human Element by W. Somerset Maugham:

     彼(かの)女(じょ)が音(おん)楽(がく)と若(わか)い肢(し)体(たい)の動(うご)きを夢(む)中(ちゅう)で楽(たの)しんでいることは、それほど見(み)る目(め)に明(あき)らかだった。

     Kanojo ga ongaku to wakai shitai no ugoki o muchū de tanoshindeiru koto wa, sore hodo mirume ni akiraka datta.

     It was clearly apparent that she was enjoying the music from the way she moved her young limbs, as though in a dream.