The story
- Japanese · borrowed from三白“three whites”
- English todaysanpaku
Borrowed from Japanese 三白 (sanpaku, “three whites”) or 三白眼 (sanpaku gan, “three-white eyes”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sanpaku
Today it means: The presence of visible white space (sclera) above or below the iris of the human eye, traditionally supposed in China and Japan to indicate physical or mental imbalance. Full definition →
Japanese 三白