noun, takes する, intransitive verb

Messages.yoji.
  1. looking right and left or all about, vacillation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
左顧右眄 さこうべん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

left
ひだり サ シャ (1st, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ ク もく (2nd, N4)
look back, review, examine oneself
コ かえり.みる たか (8th, N1)
employ, hire
やと.う コ (8th, N2)
door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
と コ へ (2nd, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ スイ とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
page, leaf
ケツ ぺえじ おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
right
みぎ ウ ユウ (1st, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
looking askance
ベン メン かえり.みる (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
correct, justice, righteous
セイ ショウ ただし (1st, N4)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)