Entry
  1. Noun

    looking aside; looking away

    パーティー会場に入るなり、サムは食べ物めがけて脇目もふらず突進した。
    When he got to the party, Sam made a bee line for the food.
  2. (from the) eyes of an onlooker; outsider's view; looking on from the side

Also written わき目【わきめ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

armpit, the other way, another place, flank, supporting role

Kun
わきわけ
On
キョウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
1806 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (20)
CodeReference
1-4-6SKIP code
4b6.3The Kanji Dictionary
7422.7Four corner code
8107Unicode hex code
1-47-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3765Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4807New Nelson (John Haig)
952New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1188Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
859Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
870Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
935Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1583A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1083Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
29467Morohashi
1336Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
879Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xie2Pinyin reading
hyeobKorean reading
48WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

Kun
-めま-
On
モクボク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
76 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

さかんさがんさっかさつか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 4-5-1SKIP code
5c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6010.1Four corner code
3979deroo
76eeUnicode hex code
1-44-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3127Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3906New Nelson (John Haig)
3043New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3777Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2619Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
15Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
65A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
191Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
22Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23105Morohashi
72A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
55Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
55Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25sakade
75Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
30henshall3
48Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
91crowley
168Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
1376Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
15Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mu4Pinyin reading
mogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level