み
見
　
る
め
目
か
嗅
　
ぐ
はな
鼻

expression

  1. Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead).
  2. (being a) fuss-pot, complaining about things in the public eye.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
み
見
　
る
め
目
か
嗅
　
ぐ
はな
鼻
 見る目嗅ぐ鼻 みるめかぐはな

Contained Kanji Breakdown

see, hopes, chances
み.る　ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
smell, sniff, scent
か.ぐ　キュウ (11th)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking
くさ.い　にお.う　シュウ (9th, N1)
oneself
ジ　みずか.ら　おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
nose, snout
はな　ビ (3rd, N2)
oneself
ジ　みずか.ら　おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
to give
ヒ　あた.える　たま.う
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
table
キ　ゴ　そ.れ