Word Meaning 左顧右眄

さこうべん sakouben

左顧右眄 is read as さこうべん (sakouben) and means looking right and left or all about.

Meaning

English

  1. looking right and left or all about
  2. vacillation

Reading

Kana

さこうべん

Romaji

sakouben

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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右顧左眄

うこさべん

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

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

左右対称

さゆうたいしょう

bilateral symmetry

左右相称

さゆうそうしょう

symmetry

左右一対

さゆういっつい

left-and-right pair

左右逆

さゆうぎゃく

left and right reversed

左右軸

さゆうじく

lateral axis

左右突出部

さゆうとっしゅつぶ

kern

左見右見

とみこうみ

looking from one place to another