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見返す

みかえす

Readings

みかえす

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5s, vtto look (stare) back at (someone)
  2. 2.
    v5s, vtto look at again; to re-examine
  3. 3.
    v5s, vtto prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to get one's own back
  4. 4.
    v5s, vito look back (behind oneself)

Kanji breakdown

見
N27 strokesGrade 1
返
N47 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

驚いて彼女の顔を見返した。

I stared back at her in surprise.

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見返すみかえす

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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