Word Meaning 岡目八目

おかめはちもく okamehachimoku

岡目八目 is read as おかめはちもく (okamehachimoku) and means bystander's vantage point.

Meaning

English

bystander's vantage point
outsider's better grasp of the situation
onlookers see more of the game than the players do
people watching a game of go see eight moves further ahead

Reading

Kana

おかめはちもく

Romaji

okamehachimoku

Writing Variants

傍目八目 おかめはちもく okamehachimoku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 26466 Priority E

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八十日目

やっとかめ

a long time (since the last time)

八目

やつめ

(of a fabric) having a loose knit

八分目

はちぶめ

eight-tenths

砂八目

すなやつめ

Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri)

シベリア八目

しべりあやつめ

Siberian brook lamprey (Lethenteron kessleri)

川八目

かわやつめ

Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)

袋八目

ふくろやつめ

pouched lamprey (Geotria australis)

腹八分目

はらはちぶんめ

being moderate in eating

目八分

めはちぶん

about eight-tenths full

腹八分目に医者いらず

はらはちぶんめにいしゃいらず

eating moderately keeps the doctor away

岡

おか

bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

岡山県立大学

おかやまけんりつだいがく

Okayama Prefectural University

Example Sentences

彼女が彼に惚れてるのは岡目八目疑いのないところだよ。

As a disinterested third-party, I can declare that she secretly loves him.