岡目八目

傍目八目

Reading

Kana: おかめはちもく

Romaji: okamehachimoku

Definitions

noun

1

bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation

Note: yojijukugo

exp

2

onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead

Kanji

岡

Readings: コウ、 おか

Meanings: mount, hill, knoll

目

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-

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

八

Readings: ハチ、 や、 や.つ、 やっ.つ、 よう

Meanings: eight, eight radical (no. 12)

傍

Readings: ボウ、 かたわ.ら、 わき、 おか-、 はた、 そば

Meanings: bystander, side, besides, while, nearby, third person

Example Sentence

彼女(かのじょ)が彼(かれ)に惚(ほ)れてるのは岡目八目(おかめはちもく)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.