Word Meaning 睨む

にらむ niramu

睨む is read as にらむ (niramu) and means to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person).

Meaning

English

  1. to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person)
  2. to watch
  3. to stare intensely at
  4. to examine carefully
  5. to take account of
  6. to take into consideration
  7. to glare at
  8. to scowl at

Reading

Kana

にらむ

Romaji

niramu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Synonyms 射竦める,睨み据える,睨み付ける,睨め付ける,睨める Rank 23519 Priority D

Example Sentences

3

かれはまどのそとをにらむようにみていた。

He was looking out the window with a hard stare.

A vampire can paralyze people just by looking at them.

I shot a look in the referee's direction, but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"