目に付く
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 目 | 付 |
| め Grade: 1 |
つ Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 目につく (common) 眼につく (rare) 眼に付く (rare) |
Etymology
目 (me, “eye, attention”) + に (ni) + 付く (tsuku, “be perceived”)
Phrase
目に付く • (me ni tsuku)
- to catch one's eye; to attract one's attention
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 34, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
- そうしてその嫌いなところは、Kが宅へ来てから、始めて私の眼に着き出したのです。
- Sōshite sono kirai na tokoro wa, Kei ga uchi e kite kara, hajimete watakushi no me ni tsukidashita no desu.
- And that aspect I loathed only started to catch my eye once K arrived in the house.