Illustration: At a family restaurant booth, a child sits upright with their face pointed obediently toward a parent across the table. Only their eyes have shifted sharply sideways toward an enormous pudding arriving at the neighboring seat.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

横よこ目め

yokome

sidelong glance

Example sentences

  1. ジルはジョンを横目よこめで見みた。

    Jill looked at John sideways.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは彼かれを横目よこめで見みた。

    She looked at him askance.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれが何なにをしているか横目よこめで見みる。

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

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 横目

  • 横sideways; sideOnオウKunよこ
  • 目eyeOnモク・ボクKunめ・ま-

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