noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. bystander's vantage point, outsider's better grasp of the situation.

expression

  1. onlookers see more of the game than the players do, people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
岡目八目 おかめはちもく
傍目八目 おかめはちもく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mount, hill, knoll
おか コウ (11th)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)