人目

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
人	目
ひと Grade: 1	め Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
人眼

Compound of 人 (hito, “person”) +‎ 目 (me, “eye”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひとめ [hìtómé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çito̞me̞]

Noun

人(ひと)目(め) • (hitome)

an attention, observation, public notice
people coming and going
- 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 315, also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 28)
  山(やま)里(ざと)は冬(ふゆ)ぞさびしさまさりける人(ひと)目(め)も草(くさ)も枯(か)れぬと思(おも)へば
  yamazato wa fuyu zo sabishisa masarikeru hitome mo kusa mo karenu to omoeba
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

人(ひと)目(め)がまし (hitome ga mashi)
人(ひと)目(め)包(づつ)み (hitome-zutsumi)
人(ひと)目(め)の関(せき) (hitome no seki)
人(ひと)目守(めも)る (hitome moru)
人(ひと)目(め)をす (hitome o su)

Idioms

Proper noun

人(ひと)目(め) • (Hitome)

a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人	目
じん Grade: 1	もく Grade: 1
kan'on	goon

From 人 (jin, “person”) +‎ 目 (moku, “eye”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じんもく [jìńmókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩmːo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

人(じん)目(もく) • (jinmoku)

an attention, observation, public notice

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN