Illustration: In a Japanese home kitchen, a teenager pours tea from a small pot while turning their head completely toward a cat climbing into an open grocery bag. Their eyes follow the cat instead of the cup beneath their hand.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

よそ見み

yosomi

to look away

Example sentences

  1. そこの男子だんし、授業中じゅぎょうちゅうによそ見みしない！

    Boys, stop staring off into space in class!

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  2. 駅えきでよそ見みしていたら、友達ともだちとはぐれた。

    I looked away at the station and got separated from my friend.

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  3. 階段かいだんでよそ見みして、一段踏いちだんふみ外はずした。

    I looked away on the stairs and missed a step.

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Kanji in 見

  • 見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる

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