目線

めせん

Meanings

1. Noun (one's) gaze; line of sight; direction in which one is looking See also: 視線 (しせん).
2. point of view; standpoint
3. line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar; black bar

Kanji

• 目 eye. Read as め.
• 線 line. Read as セン.

Example sentences

• 納税者の目線で努力を致したいと思います。
  I want to work from the taxpayers' point of view.
• 子供の目線で問題を考えたほうがいいですね。
  We should consider the problem from a child's point of view.

Common phrases

• 目線を合わせる
• 目線から見る
• 目線で描く
• 目線に立つ (めせんにたつ) to consider another's point of view
• 目線を向ける

Words containing 目線

• 上から目線 (うえからめせん) condescending attitude
• カメラ目線 (カメラめせん) looking straight at the camera
• 上目線 (うえめせん) condescending attitude

And 1 more.

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