人目

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of (hito, person) + (me, eye).

Alternative forms

  • 人眼

Pronunciation

Noun

人目 (hiragana ひとめ, rōmaji hitome)

  1. an attention, observation, public notice
  2. people coming and going
    • 905914, Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 315, also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 28)
       (やま) (ざと) (ふゆ)ぞさびしさまさりける (ひと) () (くさ) ()れぬと (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
Idioms

Proper noun

人目 (hiragana ひとめ, rōmaji Hitome)

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 1
もく
Grade: 1
kan’on goon

From (jin, person) + (moku, eye).

Pronunciation

Noun

人目 (hiragana じんもく, rōmaji jinmoku)

  1. an attention, observation, public notice

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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