Word Meaning 一見

いっけん ikken

一見 is read as いっけん (ikken) and means first meeting.

Meaning

English

  1. first meeting
  2. look
  3. glimpse
  4. glance
  5. apparently
  6. seemingly
  7. at first glance
  8. on the face of it

Reading

Kana

いっけん

Romaji

ikken

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Antonyms 熟視,凝視 Rank 5424 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一幕見席

ひとまくみせき

special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

統一見解

とういつけんかい

collective view

意見が一致

いけんがいっち

seeing eye to eye

一人

ひとり

one person

一人前

ひとりまえ

adult

一人一人

ひとりびとり

each (person)

一日

いちじつ

1st day of the month

一日

いっぴ

1st day of the month

一時

いっとき

two-hour period

ひとつ

(not) even

一時

いちじ

one o'clock

一生

いっしょう

(the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

Example Sentences

10

To see is to believe.

Seeing is believing.

Apparently, everyone was happy.

Boston is worth seeing.

I wonder if that restaurant accepts unfamiliar customers.

They say that seeing is believing.

That place is certainly worth seeing.

The two buses resemble each other at first glance.

Apparently, the murder happened in a locked room.

This, appearing at first glance to be perfectly obvious, is actually very difficult.