Japanese

Noun

色眼鏡 ‎(hiragana いろめがね, romaji iro megane)

1. colored glasses
2. (figuratively) a bias, a preconception that colors one's perception of something

Idioms

• 色眼鏡 (いろめがね)で見 (み)る ‎(iromegane de miru, “to see or look at something through colored glasses”)

Usage notes

This is similar to the English expression, to see or look through rose-colored glasses. However, the English expression implies a positive bias, whereas the Japanese expression is neutral: the bias could be positive, or negative, or neither.

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Noun

色眼鏡 • ‎(saegan-gyeong) ‎(hangeul 색안경)

1. Hanja form^? of 색안경, “sunglasses, dark glasses”.