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<entry eid="2229578" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict"> <ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp> <ent_seq>2627210</ent_seq> <k_ele> <keb>葦の髄から天井を覗く</keb> </k_ele> <r_ele> <reb>よしのずいからてんじょうをのぞく</reb> </r_ele> <sense> <pos>&exp;</pos> <pos>&v5k;</pos> <misc>&id;</misc> <gloss>to have a narrow view of things</gloss> <gloss g_type="lit">to peek at the ceiling through the pith of a reed</gloss> </sense> <history> <audit time="2011-04-23 09:05:41" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>rene</upd_uid> <upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_refs>koj, daij, gg5</upd_refs> </audit> <audit time="2011-04-26 07:05:00" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> </audit> <audit time="2023-04-27 10:12:29" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>The first reference here had a long description of this idiom. Had the rather nice-looking translation of 覗く as "peer at the ceiling". Not sure if that is any more [lit] than "look" was though. look -&gt; peek/peep Also, since [lit], adding a term for 髄. peep/peek matches: 針の穴から天覗く 針の穴から天を覗く 鍵の穴から天を覗く</upd_detl> <upd_refs>I have comments already on 針の穴から天覗く, but I ran into an article on this term specifically, and as you might imagine, the definitions are basically identical: https://landofnu.com/2016/10/09/3250/ Forming opinions and making decisions on a topic based on one’s narrow views and pre-formed beliefs rather than any sort of breadth or depth of experience. Making judgments about big issues based on little information, often in a self-serving way. Having a view as narrow as what can be seen through the hollow stem of a reed after the pith has dried up. This saying is the よ entry of the Edo iroha karuta set, and is mostly synonymous with the saying about the frog in the well. https://www.gyosei.jp/service/catalog/hiruma_JHS_2019/HTML/index386.html One peeps at the heavens through the pith of a reed.</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -14 +14 @@ -&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;to look at the ceiling through a reed&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;to peek at the ceiling through the pith of a reed&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2023-04-27 12:39:52" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid> <upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>(I haven't looked at Brian's edit)</upd_detl> <upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@ +&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2023-04-28 11:50:53" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> </audit> </history> </entry>