横目 – Vocabulary details

横よこ目め

Noun

1. sidelong glance

それを横よこ目めに僕ぼくは走はしって部へ屋やから逃にげた。I ran and fled from the room, glancing at it out of the corner of my eye.

2. short grain (paper)

oft. written as ヨコ目 or Ｙ目

3. kanji "net" radical at top

罒, as in 罪, etc.

sideways

eye

よ

こめ

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

でも、ちらりと横よこ目めで見みる。

But, I take a sidelong glance.

それを横よこ目めに僕ぼくは走はしって部へ屋やから逃にげた。

I ran and fled from the room, glancing at it out of the corner of my eye.

隣となりのサラリーマンが新しん聞ぶんを畳たたみながら、横よこ目めでこちらを見みた。

The office worker next to me glanced sideways at me as he folded his newspaper.

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