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    3. 一見

    一見

    一いっ見けん

    look

    N1KMT7News #19+1CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab8 strokes

    いっけん

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    look, glimpse, glance

    Adverb

    2.
    apparently, seemingly, at first glance, on the face of it

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    3.
    first meeting
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    一いっ見けんして、それは高こう価かなものだとわかった。

    At first glance, I knew it was an expensive item.

    KMT6Daily Life
    彼かれは一いっ見けん怖こわそうに見みえるが、実じつは優やさしい人ひとだ。

    He looks scary at first glance, but he's actually a kind person.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    一いっ見けんすると簡かん単たんそうな作さ業ぎょうでも、実じっ際さいには時じ間かんがかかることがある。

    Even tasks that seem easy at first glance can actually take time.

    KMT7Daily LifeWork & Career
    その計けい画かくは一いっ見けんすると完かん璧ぺきに見みえるが、いくつかの問もん題だい点てんがある。

    The plan seems perfect at first glance, but it has several issues.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & Career
    その絵えは一いっ見けん抽ちゅう象しょう的てきだが、よく見みると具ぐ体たい的てきな形かたが見ちをみえてくる。

    The painting appears abstract at first glance, but if you look closely, concrete shapes emerge.

    KMT8Art & DesignDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    見
    み.る・み.える・み.せる…(1)
    see・hopes・chances・idea・opinion…(2)
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