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    3. 見立てる

    見立てる

    見み立たて​る​

    to (see and) choose

    KMT9News #35+1Verb, TransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab14 strokes

    見たてる

    みたてる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to (see and) choose, to select
    2.
    to diagnose (as)
    3.
    to judge, to estimate
    4.
    to liken (to), to compare (to), to imagine (something) as, to treat as

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    彼かの女じょは私わたしに似に合あう服ふくを見み立たててくれた。

    She chose clothes that suited me.

    KMT7Daily LifeFashion & Beauty
    医い者しゃは彼かれの病びょう気きを初しょ期きのがんと見み立たてた。

    The doctor diagnosed his illness as early-stage cancer.

    KMT9Medicine & Health
    彼かれは雲くもの形かたちを龍りゅうに見み立たてて、子こ供どもたちに物ものが語たりを語かたった。

    He likened the shape of the clouds to a dragon and told stories to the children.

    KMT9Daily LifeLiterature
    経けい験けん豊ほう富ふな看かん護ご師しは、患かん者じゃの顔かお色いろから症しょう状じょうを見み立たてることができる。

    An experienced nurse can diagnose symptoms from a patient's complexion.

    KMT9Medicine & Health
    子こ供どもたちは石いしころを宝たから物ものに見み立たてて遊あそんでいた。

    The children were playing, imagining pebbles as treasures.

    KMT9Daily LifeGames

    Characters that make up this word

    見
    み.る・み.える・み.せる…(1)
    see・hopes・chances・idea・opinion…(2)
    Kanji
    立
    た.つ・-た.つ・た.ち-・た.てる・-た.てる・た.て-…(12)
    stand up・rise・set up・erect
    Kanji
    て
    te
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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