What is '目を細める' called in English?

'目を細める' in English is called "Squint". Squint refers to: 明るい光や見えにくさのために、目を細めて人や物を見ること。

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English: "She had to squint to read the small print on the bottle." | Japanese: "彼女は瓶の小さな文字を読むために目を細めなければならなかった。"

verb · noun

English to Japanese Dictionary

verb目を細める

noun眇

目を細める in English:squint

IPA:me.o ho.so.me.ru

Phonetic:めをほそめる

Quick Answer • 要約

squint の日本語の意味は「目を細める, 眇」です。 (明るい光や見えにくさのために、目を細めて人や物を見ること。)

1
verb
目を細める
To look at someone or something with your eyes partly closed, often because of bright light or difficulty seeing.
明るい光や見えにくさのために、目を細めて人や物を見ること。
2
noun
眇
An act of looking at something with your eyes partly closed, or a condition where one eye does not look in the same direction as the other.
目を細めて物を見ること、または片方の目がもう一方と異なる方向を向かない状態。

“She had to squint to read the small print on the bottle.”

彼女は瓶の小さな文字を読むために目を細めなければならなかった。

“He squinted into the sun, trying to see the distant ship.”

彼は遠くの船を見ようと、太陽に向かって目を細めた。

“The old man had a permanent squint due to years of working in bright sunlight.”

その老人は長年明るい日光の下で働いていたため、恒常的な眇があった。

In English:

peernarrow one's eyesglance

In English:

stareopen one's eyes wide

past tensesquinted

present participlesquinting

agent nounsquinter

adjectivesquinty

squint atphrasal_verb

To look at something with partially closed eyes.