目(め) meを o向(む)け()て() muketeみた mitaが ga何(なに)も() nanimo目(め)に()入(はい)ら()な()か()っ()た() menihairanakatta。 I looked around but nothing caught my eye. Literal Eyes [obj-を] turned-and-tried but anything eyes [to-に] not-entered. Two 目-idioms in one sentence: 目を向ける ('turn one's gaze') and 目に入る ('enter the eyes' = catch one's eye). ~てみたが ('tried doing but') uses ~てみる for an attempt that yields nothing. stories and narrative~てみる (try doing)
目(め) meを o向(む)け()て() muketeみた mitaが ga何(なに)も() nanimo目(め)に()入(はい)ら()な()か()っ()た() menihairanakatta。 I looked around but nothing caught my eye. Literal Eyes [obj-を] turned-and-tried but anything eyes [to-に] not-entered. Two 目-idioms in one sentence: 目を向ける ('turn one's gaze') and 目に入る ('enter the eyes' = catch one's eye). ~てみたが ('tried doing but') uses ~てみる for an attempt that yields nothing. stories and narrative~てみる (try doing)