うわめづかい

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 [ùwámézúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠me̞zɨᵝka̠i]

Noun

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

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

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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