人目

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
人 目
ひと
Grade: 1		 め
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
人眼

Compound of 人 (hito, “person”) +‎ 目 (me, “eye”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひとめ [hìtómé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çito̞me̞]

Noun

人(ひと)目(め) • (hitome) 

  1. an attention, observation, public notice
  2. people coming and going
    • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 315, also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 28)
      山(やま)里(ざと)は冬(ふゆ)ぞさびしさまさりける人(ひと)目(め)も草(くさ)も枯(か)れぬと思(おも)へば
      yamazato wa fuyu zo sabishisa masarikeru hitome mo kusa mo karenu to omoeba
      (please add an English translation of this example)
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 人(ひと)目(め)がまし (hitome ga mashi)
  • 人(ひと)目(め)包(づつ)み (hitome-zutsumi)
  • 人(ひと)目(め)の関(せき) (hitome no seki)
  • 人(ひと)目守(めも)る (hitome moru)
  • 人(ひと)目(め)をす (hitome o su)
Idioms
Idioms

Proper noun

人(ひと)目(め) • (Hitome) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
人 目
じん
Grade: 1		 もく
Grade: 1
kan’on goon

From 人 (jin, “person”) +‎ 目 (moku, “eye”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じんもく [jìńmókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩmːo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

人(じん)目(もく) • (jinmoku) 

  1. an attention, observation, public notice

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