Word Meaning 親の欲目と他人の僻目

おやのよくめとたにんのひがめ oya no yokume to tanin no higame

親の欲目と他人の僻目 is read as おやのよくめとたにんのひがめ (oya no yokume to tanin no higame) and means parents overvaluing their own children but looking down on others'.

Meaning

English

  1. parents overvaluing their own children but looking down on others'

Reading

Kana

おやのよくめとたにんのひがめ

Romaji

oya no yokume to tanin no higame

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 63 Total Strokes

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Related Vocabulary

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親の欲目

おやのよくめ

parents' partiality for their children

遠くの親類より近くの他人

とおくのしんるいよりちかくのたにん

a neighbour is better than a relative living far

遠くの親戚より近くの他人

とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん

a neighbour is better than a relative living far

親項目

おやこうもく

main entry (in dictionary)

人目

ひとめ

(public) notice

素人目

しろうとめ

inexpert or untrained eyes

欲目

よくめ

partiality

僻目

ひがめ

sight error

他人

ひと

unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)

他人様

ひとさま

other people

他人行儀

たにんぎょうぎ

standing on formality