欲目

よくめ

Meanings

1. Noun partiality; bias

Kanji

• 欲 want. Read as ヨク.
• 目 eye. Read as め.

Example sentences

• 惚れた欲目。
  Love sees no faults.
• 親の欲目。
  The crow thinks her own birds fairest.

Words containing 欲目

• 親の欲目 (おやのよくめ) parents' partiality for their children
• 親の欲目と他人の僻目 (おやのよくめとたにんのひがめ) parents overvaluing their own children but looking down on others'
• 惚れた欲目 (ほれたよくめ) tendency to see one's loved one as better than they really are

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