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余所見

よそみ

looking away; looking aside; taking one's eyes off what one is doing

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Examples

  1. 余所見をしないで前を見なさい。

    よそみをしないでまえをみなさい。

    Don't look away — keep your eyes on the road ahead.

  2. 余所見運転が事故の原因だった。

    よそみうんてんがじこのげんいんだった。

    Distracted driving was the cause of the accident.

  3. ほんの一瞬余所見をした隙に、子供がいなくなっていた。

    ほんのいっしゅんよそみをしたすきに、こどもがいなくなっていた。

    In the one moment I looked away, the child had vanished.

Common patterns

よそ見をする
to look away
よそ見運転
driving while distracted
よそ見をせずに
without taking one's eyes off it

Memory tip

余所 means "somewhere else", so this is your eyes going elsewhere while you should be watching something — the reproach is about inattention, not about rudeness. Usually written よそ見 in modern text.

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