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<entry id="2211812" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2856613</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>ノールック</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ノー・ルック</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<pos>&adj-f;</pos>
<s_inf>usu. as 〜で</s_inf>
<lsource xml:lang="eng">no look</lsource>
<gloss>(while) not looking</gloss>
<gloss>(doing) without looking</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>(buying) sight unseen</gloss>
<gloss>not seeing in person</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2022-10-19 19:18:29" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>jitsuyou
https://www.sportsdefinitions.com/basketball/no-look-pass/

Seems to have originated from sports (━パス, ━ショット), but is also used in other contexts (━買取). I think it can still be considered sports jargon, though. Most google image results show baseball players.


Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬───────╮
│ ノールック  │ 5,013 │
│ ノー・ルック │    62 │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴───────╯</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-10-19 20:29:19" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Wasei?</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>KOD</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;blind&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-10-21 20:40:51" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>On Twitter, most uses of "ノールックで" are not sports-related. I don't think we need to tag it as a sports term.
I think a second sense is helpful here.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -11,0 +13,5 @@
+&lt;s_inf&gt;usu. as 〜で&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;(while) not looking&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;(doing) without looking&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
@@ -13,3 +19,2 @@
-&lt;field&gt;&amp;sports;&lt;/field&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;no-look (e.g. passing a ball)&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;blind&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;(buying) sight unseen&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;not seeing in person&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-10-21 21:40:29" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-10-22 11:27:21" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+&lt;lsource xml:lang="eng"&gt;no look&lt;/lsource&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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