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, also spelt , is a Japanese facial gesture indicating childish mockery, also known in France as mon oeil. It consists of someone pulling down one's lower eyelid to expose the red underside towards someone, often accompanied by the person sticking their tongue out. It is considered an immature taunting gesture.〔Akihiko Yonekawa. ''Beyond Polite Japanese''. Tokyo:Kodansha International, 2001. Print, p. 133. http://books.google.com/books?id=MCDAP7wOOswC〕 The use of the term was first mentioned by early 20th century author Katai Tayama, in his 1909 story , as a gesture used by the male students in the story. In the story, it gives the etymology as a corruption of . The gesture is used often in manga and anime by tsundere characters. ==Mon Oeil== In France, the gesture of pulling down one's lower eyelid and saying "mon oeil", or "my eye", is an expression of disdainful, dismissive disbelief.〔(Mon œil! ) The French expression mon œil ! is used to express either incredulous/ironic disbelief, like the English expressions "my foot!" or "yeah, right!", or an almost indignant refusal, as in "no way!" or "ain't gonna happen!"〕 The statement "my eye" is also an archaic term of disbelief in English, though without the physical gesture. One may respond to an incredible claim of "That was an accident" with "Accident, my eye!" 〔(Word Wizard: My eye! / My foot! ) * 1842 “Church, MY EYE, woman! church indeed!”—‘Handy Andy’ by S. Lover *1905 “‘Tragic, MY EYE!’ said my friend irreverently.”—in ‘Works’ of O. Henry * 1928 “Gentlemen, ME EYE! You’ve got to get over being gentleman if you’re going to play football on my team!”—in ‘Sport’ by Paxton * 1929 ‘How about Bigelow's Mill . .. that's a factory.’ ‘Factory MY EYE.’”—‘The Sound and the Fury’ by Faulkner 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Akanbe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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