見比べる
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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見 | 比 |
み Grade: 1 |
くら Grade: 5 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]From 見 (“to see”) + 比べる (“to compare”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) みくらべる [mìkúrábéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- (Tokyo) みくらべる [mìkúrábérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mʲikɯ̟ɾa̠be̞ɾɯ̟]
Verb
[edit]見比べる • (mikuraberu) transitive ichidan (stem 見比べ (mikurabe), past 見比べた (mikurabeta))
- to compare with the eye
- しげしげと二人の顔を見比べる
- shigeshige to futari no kao o mikuraberu
- to compare both of their faces back and forth by looking at them
- しげしげと二人の顔を見比べる
- judge (A) in comparison (with B)
- 二つの案を見比べる
- futatsu no an o mikuraberu
- to compare both plans to each other
- 二つの案を見比べる
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "見比べる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 見比べ | みくらべ | mikurabe | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 見比べ | みくらべ | mikurabe | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 見比べる | みくらべる | mikuraberu | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 見比べる | みくらべる | mikuraberu | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 見比べれ | みくらべれ | mikurabere | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 見比べよ¹ 見比べろ² |
みくらべよ¹ みくらべろ² |
mikurabeyo¹ mikurabero² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 見比べられる | みくらべられる | mikuraberareru | |
Causative | 見比べさせる 見比べさす |
みくらべさせる みくらべさす |
mikurabesaseru mikurabesasu | |
Potential | 見比べられる 見比べれる³ |
みくらべられる みくらべれる³ |
mikuraberareru mikurabereru³ | |
Volitional | 見比べよう | みくらべよう | mikurabeyō | |
Negative | 見比べない 見比べぬ 見比べん |
みくらべない みくらべぬ みくらべん |
mikurabenai mikurabenu mikuraben | |
Negative continuative | 見比べず | みくらべず | mikurabezu | |
Formal | 見比べます | みくらべます | mikurabemasu | |
Perfective | 見比べた | みくらべた | mikurabeta | |
Conjunctive | 見比べて | みくらべて | mikurabete | |
Hypothetical conditional | 見比べれば | みくらべれば | mikurabereba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 見 read as み
- Japanese terms spelled with 比 read as くら
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese verbs
- Japanese transitive verbs
- Japanese ichidan verbs
- Japanese shimo ichidan verbs
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese terms with usage examples