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    3. 見返す

    見返す

    見み返かえす​

    to look (stare) back at (someone)

    KMT10News #46+1Ref L2Emotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    みかえす

    Verb, Transitive

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

    Verb, Intransitive

    4.
    to look back (behind oneself)

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    彼かれは私わたしをじっと見み返かえした。

    He stared back at me.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    論ろん文ぶんを提てい出しゅつする前まえに、もう一いち度ど全ぜん体たいを見み返かえす必ひつ要ようがある。

    Before submitting the paper, I need to re-examine the whole thing one more time.

    KMT7EducationWork & Career
    失しっ敗ぱいをバネにして、いつか彼かれを見み返かえしたい。

    I want to use my failure as a springboard and prove myself to him someday.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんを信しんじ、周しゅう囲いの批ひ判はんを見み返かえすために努ど力りょくした。

    She believed in herself and worked hard to prove her critics wrong.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    過か去この自じ分ぶんの行こう動どうを見み返かえすことで、成せい長ちょうできることもある。

    By looking back at one's past actions, one can sometimes grow.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychologyphilosophy

    Characters that make up this word

    見
    み.る・み.える・み.せる…(1)
    see・hopes・chances・idea・opinion…(2)
    Kanji
    返
    かえ.す・-かえ.す・かえ.る・-かえ.る…(1)
    return・answer・fade・repay
    Kanji
    す
    su
    Kana
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