うわめづかい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
上目遣い 上目使い 上目づかい

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うわめづかい [ùwámézúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟β̞a̠me̞zɨka̠i]

Noun

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