Word Meaning 見返す

みかえす mikaesu

見返す is read as みかえす (mikaesu) and means to look (stare) back at (someone).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

みかえす

Romaji

mikaesu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Synonyms 顧みる,見返る Rank 10647 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

見つめ返す

みつめかえす

to stare back at

見返り

みかえり

turning to look behind

見返し

みかえし

facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment)

見返り資金

みかえりしきん

collateral (money)

見返り品

みかえりひん

collateral security

見返り物資

みかえりぶっし

collateral (goods)

見返る

みかえる

to look back

表見返し

おもてみかえし

inside of the front cover (of book)

裏見返し

うらみかえし

inside the back cover (book)

見直す

みなおす

to look at again

見放す

みはなす

to abandon