"目を盗む" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

Etymology: From 目 (“eyes”) + を (“to steal”) + 盗む. Literally: to steal (someone's) eyes. Etymology templates: {{com|ja|目|を|盗む|t1=eyes|t2=to steal}} 目 (“eyes”) + を (“to steal”) + 盗む Head templates: {{ja-verb|め を ぬすむ|type=1}} 目(め)を盗(ぬす)む • (me o nusumu) godan (stem 目(め)を盗(ぬす)み (me o nusumi), past 目(め)を盗(ぬす)んだ (me o nusunda)) Forms: 目を盗む [canonical] (ruby: (), (ぬす)), me o nusumu [romanization], 目を盗み [stem] (ruby: (), (ぬす)), 目を盗んだ [past] (ruby: (), (ぬす)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 目を盗ま [error-unrecognized-form], めをぬすま [error-unrecognized-form], me o nusuma [error-unrecognized-form], 目を盗み [error-unrecognized-form], めをぬすみ [error-unrecognized-form], me o nusumi [error-unrecognized-form], 目を盗む [error-unrecognized-form], めをぬすむ [error-unrecognized-form], me o nusumu [error-unrecognized-form], 目を盗め [error-unrecognized-form], めをぬすめ [error-unrecognized-form], me o nusume [error-unrecognized-form], 目を盗まれる [passive], めをぬすまれる [passive], me o nusumareru [passive], 目を盗ませる [causative], 目を盗ます [causative], めをぬすませる [causative], めをぬすます [causative], me o nusumaseru [causative], me o nusumasu [causative], 目を盗める [potential], めをぬすめる [potential], me o nusumeru [potential], 目を盗もう [volitional], めをぬすもう [volitional], me o nusumō [volitional], 目を盗まない [negative], めをぬすまない [negative], me o nusumanai [negative], 目を盗まず [continuative, negative], めをぬすまず [continuative, negative], me o nusumazu [continuative, negative], 目を盗みます [formal], めをぬすみます [formal], me o nusumimasu [formal], 目を盗んだ [perfective], めをぬすんだ [perfective], me o nusunda [perfective], 目を盗んで [conjunctive], めをぬすんで [conjunctive], me o nusunde [conjunctive], 目を盗めば [conditional, hypothetical], めをぬすめば [conditional, hypothetical], me o nusumeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (idiomatic) to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 人目を盗む (hitome o nusumu) (ruby: 人目(ひとめ), (ぬす))

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From 目 (“eyes”) + を (“to steal”) + 盗む. Literally: to steal (someone's) eyes.",
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      "form": "me o nusumu",
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      "form": "目を盗め",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "めをぬすめ",
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      "form": "me o nusume",
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      "form": "目を盗まれる",
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      "form": "me o nusumareru",
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    {
      "form": "目を盗ませる",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "目を盗ます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "めをぬすませる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "めをぬすます",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "me o nusumaseru",
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      "form": "目を盗める",
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      "form": "me o nusumeru",
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    {
      "form": "目を盗もう",
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      "form": "めをぬすもう",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "目を盗まない",
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      "form": "めをぬすまない",
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      "form": "me o nusumanai",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "めをぬすまず",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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      "form": "me o nusumazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "目を盗みます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "めをぬすみます",
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      "form": "めをぬすんだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "me o nusunda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "目を盗んで",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "me o nusumeba",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
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        {
          "english": "to read manga without being seen by mother",
          "roman": "haha no me o nusunde manga o yomu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "母",
              "はは"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "盗",
              "ぬす"
            ],
            [
              "漫画",
              "まんが"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "母の目を盗んで漫画を読む"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)"
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)"
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "hitome o nusumu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人目",
              "ひとめ"
            ],
            [
              "盗",
              "ぬす"
            ]
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "目を盗む"
}
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      "form": "目を盗め",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "目を盗まれる",
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    {
      "form": "めをぬすまれる",
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      "form": "me o nusumareru",
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      "form": "目を盗ませる",
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    {
      "form": "目を盗ます",
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    },
    {
      "form": "めをぬすませる",
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    },
    {
      "form": "めをぬすます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me o nusumaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me o nusumasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
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    {
      "form": "目を盗める",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "めをぬすめる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "me o nusumeru",
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    },
    {
      "form": "目を盗もう",
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    {
      "form": "めをぬすもう",
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    {
      "form": "me o nusumō",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "目を盗まない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "めをぬすまない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me o nusumanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "目を盗まず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めをぬすまず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me o nusumazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "目を盗みます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めをぬすみます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me o nusumimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "目を盗んだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めをぬすんだ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me o nusunda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "目を盗んで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めをぬすんで",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me o nusunde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "目を盗めば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めをぬすめば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me o nusumeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-verb"
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese compound terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
        "Japanese type 1 verbs",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to read manga without being seen by mother",
          "roman": "haha no me o nusunde manga o yomu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "母",
              "はは"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "盗",
              "ぬす"
            ],
            [
              "漫画",
              "まんが"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "母の目を盗んで漫画を読む"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hitome o nusumu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "人目",
          "ひとめ"
        ],
        [
          "盗",
          "ぬす"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "人目を盗む"
    }
  ],
  "word": "目を盗む"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "目を盗む"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "目を盗む",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "目を盗む"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "目を盗む",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "目を盗む"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "目を盗む",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "目を盗む"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "目を盗む",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "目を盗む"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "目を盗む",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "目を盗む"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "目を盗む",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "目を盗む"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "目を盗む",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.