岡目八目

Japanese
Kanji in this term
岡 目 八 目
おか
Grade: 4		 め
Grade: 1		 はち
Grade: 1		 もく
Grade: 1
kun’yomi goon
Alternative spelling
傍目八目

Etymology

Compound of 岡目 (okame, “looking from the side”) +‎ 八目 (hachimoku, “eight (chess) pieces”),[1] literally "Observers can read eight moves ahead while watching game of Go from the side"

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おかめはち​もく [òkáméháchíꜜmòkù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ka̠me̞ha̠t͡ɕimo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

岡(おか)目(め)八(はち)目(もく) • (okamehachimoku) 

  1. (idiomatic) lookers-on see most of the game, outsiders have a better grasp of the situations

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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