English Translation
She took to him immediately.
Are the pronunciations of 一目 (いちもく and ひとめ) mostly interchangeable?
@TisYanni
No, not interchangeable.
- ひとめ = a quick first look (目 in this case refers to an eye)
- いちもく as in 一目置く = to value someone’s excellence (目 in this case refers to mesh of a net)
一目置く is derived from 囲碁 (Igo game). Each cell of the Igo board is called 目 (もく), so 目 (もく) is a sort of numeral classifier. If one of the two players are superior to another, the superior player usually allows his opponent to put one stone (碁石) in a cell on the Ingo board in advance of the game so that the skill gap gets narrow. 一目も二目も置く (いちもくもにもくもおく) as an idiom intensifies the degree of excellence.
We don’t say 一目置く to senior or higher-ranking people. If you say 私は社長に一目置いています at your workplace. it sounds very bossy and rude. However, some native Japanese speakers sometimes misuse 一目置く to say their admiration to their bosses, according to this article.