うわめづかい

Japanese

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Alternative spellings
上目遣い
上目使い
上目づかい

Etymology

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From 上目(うわめ) (uwame) + (つか) (tsukai, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (つか) (tsukau).). The tsukai changes to zukai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) わめづかい [ùwámézúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠me̞zɨᵝka̠i]

Noun

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うわめづかい (uwamezukaiうはめづかひ (ufamedukafi)?

  1. looking upward at someone with the eyes, while the face is pointing downwards

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN