Meaning

Primary

Looking Away

Alternative

Looking Aside

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

If you look to your armpit to see you're looking away from where you should be looking. If you're too busy staring at your armpit while you drive, for example, you'll probably get in an accident. So don't look away like this!

Reading

わきみ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the reading you learned with and the reading for 見る.

Context

Context Sentences

いてぇ。どこに目ぇつけて歩いてるんだ!脇見しながら歩いてんじゃねぇぞ!

Ouch. Watch where you’re going! Don’t look away while you’re walking!

Kanji Composition