岡目八目 – vocab dash

岡おか目め八はち目もく

Meanings

Noun

1. bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation (Yojijukugo)

2. onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see eight moves further ahead (Yojijukugo)

Other spellings

傍おか目め八はち目もく

Kanji used

岡rising ground 目eye 八eight

Kanji in other spellings

傍on the side

Pitch accent

おかめはちもく

Composed of

岡おか目め

looking on from the side; looking on by an outsider

Noun

八はち

eight; 8

Numeric

目もく

order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for played stones; counter for surrounded points

Noun

Examples3

彼かの女じょが彼かれに惚ほれてるのは岡おか目め八はち目もく疑うたがいのないところだよ。

As a disinterested third-party, I can declare that she secretly loves him.

傍おか目め八はち目もくという言こと葉ばがあるように一いち度ど協きょう会かいから離はなれて、日本にほんサッカーをみて頂いただきたい。

Like the saying that things are seen clearest from outside I wish he'd leave the association for a time and take a look at Japanese soccer.

当とう事じ者しゃの君きみは彼かれを結けっ構こう評ひょう価かしているけど、傍おか目め八はち目もくとはいえ、私わたしの厳きびしい見み方かたがあたっているかもね。

You speak pretty highly of him, but you're directly involved. I think my less charitable view might be more accurate since I can look at things objectively.