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    3. 岡目八目

    岡目八目

    岡おか目めは八ち目もく

    bystander's vantage point

    NTNounGamesKanji Vocab20 strokes

    傍目八目

    おかめはちもく

    Noun

    1.
    bystander's vantage point, outsider's better grasp of the situation
    yojijukugo
    2.
    onlookers see more of the game than the players do, people watching a game of go see eight moves further ahead
    yojijukugo

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    Kanji that make up this word

    岡
    おか…(1)
    mount・hill・knoll
    目
    め・-め・ま-…(6)
    eye・class・look・insight・experience…(2)
    八
    や・や.つ・やっ.つ・よう…(7)
    eight・eight radical (no. 12)
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