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媚眼秋波
びがんしゅうは
1. [n] [yoji]
▶ casting a coquettish glance (at a man)



History:
4. A 2023-05-05 23:00:42  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Most yoji are rather rare. I don't think we need both tags.
  Diff:
@@ -13,2 +13 @@
-<misc>&rare;</misc>
-<gloss>casting a coquettish (an amorous) glance (at a man)</gloss>
+<gloss>casting a coquettish glance (at a man)</gloss>
3. A* 2023-05-05 16:07:11  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
媚態	6772	3.9%
明媚	165422	96.1%
媚眼秋波	0	0.0%

Only got a piece of this from google books Cassell Dictionary of English Idioms
媚眼;秋波( Sharon is making sheep's eyes at Tom

Apparently this is a thing (but I definitely do not recommend this, but can't resist sharing either)
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sheep-s-eyes
shy, amorous, lovesick glances (usually preceded by make or cast):
making sheep's eyes at the new girl in class.
  Comments:
Not in ngrams. This appears in a considerable number of Chinese books. 

Appears in a handful of Japanese books, mostly kanji kentei test-prep.  Cruel.

Miniscule twitter appearances (one or two doe-eyed photos).
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<misc>&rare;</misc>
2. A 2014-08-25 02:40:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Kanji Haitani list
  Comments:
Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>
1. A 2005-06-10 00:00:00 
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