Japanese

をつぶる

めをつぶる
Meaning: to overlook; to turn a blind eye; to close one's eyes
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 目をつぶる 目をつぶらない
Polite 目をつぶります 目をつぶりません
Past 目をつぶった 目をつぶらなかった
Polite + Past 目をつぶりました 目をつぶりませんでした
Te-form 目をつぶって 目をつぶらなくて
Potential 目をつぶれる 目をつぶれない
Passive 目をつぶられる 目をつぶられない
Causative 目をつぶらせる 目をつぶらせない
Causative + Passive 目をつぶらされる 目をつぶらされない
Imperative 目をつぶれ 目をつぶるな

Handwriting

目
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Example

I decided to overlook the small mistake he made, just this once.

Usage Notes

Can mean literally closing one's eyes, but often used idiomatically to mean ignoring or forgiving a fault or mistake.

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