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上目遣い (うわめづかい) — looking at someone (with upturned eyes) | Kumi Dictionary

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上目遣い

上目遣い

上うわ目めづ遣かい

looking at someone (with upturned eyes)

Kanji Vocab Emotions & Psychology23 strokes

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上目使い上目づかい

うわめづかい

Noun

1.

looking at someone (with upturned eyes), glancing upwards (at someone)

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Kanji that make up this word

うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)

め・-め・ま-…(6)

eye・class・look・insight・experience…(2)

つか.う・-つか.い・-づか.い・つか.わす・や.る…(1)

dispatch・despatch・send・give・donate…(2)

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