手目
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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手 | 目 |
て Grade: 1 |
め Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) + 目 (me, “eye”, in reference to the “eyes” or pips, the dots on dice used for gambling).[1]
Noun
Idiom
- 手目を上げる (teme o ageru): “to raise up [an instance of] cheating” → to see through and point out proof of a trick or deception
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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