肩越し – vocab dash

肩かた越ごし

Meanings

Noun

1. looking over someone's shoulder (oft. adverbially as 〜に)

Kanji used

Pitch accent

かたごし

Composed of

shoulder

Noun

across; over; beyond; through; crossing; throughout (a period of time); for

Suffix

Examples3

彼かれは肩かた越ごしに振ふり返かえった。

He looked back over his shoulder.

僕ぼくは肩かた越ごしに振ふり返かえってずっと見みた。

I looked over my shoulder.

彼かれは肩かたごしに後うしろを振ふり返かえった。

He looked backward over his shoulder.