目配せする

[Yzlot]

1. A-san は目配せをB-sanに向ける
2. A-san は B-san と 目配せした.

Regarding the usage of this verb, I'm more familiar with its usage in the form of sentence two.

I wanted to confirm that this is basically what happens in the first sentence. A-san looked at B-san, and then they both exchanged glances, so A-san initiates the action. And in the second sentence, A-san and B-san exchange glances at around the same time.

Thanks!

 

[Toritoribe]

I've never come across the expression 目配せを向ける.
As for the difference between AはBに目配せした and AはBと目配せした, the former means "A made signs to B with the eye", and the latter is they did it with each other. This difference is from the particle に and と. に is one-way/unilateral, whereas と is reciprocal, just like "to" vs "with" in English.

 

[Yzlot]

Ah, thanks for confirming Toritoribe. I wasn't entirely sure since it was a 'cooperative' action, that required involvement of both parties.

The full sentence was actually in the form, A-san がにやりとした目配せをB-sanに向ける. Though it doesn't really make much of a different since やりとした is a adj. modifier(if my knowledge of grammar terminologies serve me right.) I figure it's pretty much the same as using
AはBに目配せした though. Just worded differently.

 

[Glenn]

にやり is an adverb that modifies the action of signaling with the eyes. It basically means to slightly smile. It seems to me like A saw something they wanted be to look at, smiled, and signaled with their eyes for B to have a look at it.

［副］声を出さないでちょっと笑いを浮かべるさま。「皮肉っぽく―と笑う」
にやりの意味 - 国語辞書 - goo辞書