岡目八目
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 岡 | 目 | 八 | 目 |
| おか Grade: 4 |
め Grade: 1 |
はち Grade: 1 |
もく Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | goon | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 傍目八目 |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 岡目 (okame, “looking from the side”) + 八目 (hachimoku, “eight (chess) pieces”),[1] literally "Observers can read eight moves ahead while watching game of Go from the side"
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
岡目八目 • (okamehachimoku)
- (idiomatic) lookers-on see most of the game, outsiders have a better grasp of the situations
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 岡 read as おか
- Japanese terms spelled with 目 read as め
- Japanese terms spelled with 八 read as はち
- Japanese terms spelled with 目 read as もく
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- Japanese lemmas
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- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
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- Japanese terms written with four Han script characters
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