うわめづかい

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
上目遣い上目使い上目づかい

Etymology

From 上目(うわめ) (uwame) + 遣(つか)い (tsukai, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 遣(つか)う (tsukau).”). The tsukai changes to zukai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うわめづかい (Nakadaka – )^[1]
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Noun

うわめづかい • (uwamezukai) ^{←うはめづかひ (ufamedukafi)^?}

looking upward at someone with the eyes, while the face is pointing downwards

References

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

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