Word Meaning 右顧左眄

うこさべん ukosaben

右顧左眄 is read as うこさべん (ukosaben) and means inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think.

Meaning

English

inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think
hesitation
wavering
vacillation

Reading

Kana

うこさべん

Romaji

ukosaben

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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左顧右眄

さこうべん

looking right and left or all about

右往左往

うおうさおう

moving about in confusion

右左

みぎひだり

right and left

右左折

うさせつ

right and left turning (esp. in a motor vehicle)

右の耳から左の耳

みぎのみみからひだりのみみ

in one ear and out the other

右から左へ

みぎからひだりへ

from right to left

右といえば左

みぎといえばひだり

always contradicting what other people say

右も左もわからない

みぎもひだりもわからない

being unfamiliar with a locality

顧眄

こべん

turning around to look (at)

左右

さう

(serving at someone's) side

左右相称動物

さゆうそうしょうどうぶつ

Bilateria (animals with bilateral symmetry)

左右非対称

さゆうひたいしょう

bilateral asymmetry