横目

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 横目 – see 橫目 (“men; people; etc.”). (This term, 横目, is the simplified form of 橫目.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
横	目
よこ Grade: 3	め Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
橫目 (kyūjitai)

Noun

横(よこ)目(め) • (yokome) 

1. sidelong glance, looking at someone sideways, looking out of the corner of one's eye

   彼(かれ)が何(なに)をしているか横目(よこめ)で見(み)る。

   Kare ga nani o shite iru ka yokome de miru.

   I'll look at what he is doing out of the corner of my eye.