見比べる
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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見 | 比 |
み Grade: 1 | くら Grade: 5 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
From 見 (“to see”) + 比べる (“to compare”)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) みくらべる [mìkúrábéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- (Tokyo) みくらべる [mìkúrábérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mʲikɯ̟ᵝɾa̠be̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
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
Conjugation of "見比べる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 見比べ | みくらべ | mikurabe | |
Continuative (連用形) | 見比べ | みくらべ | mikurabe | |
Terminal (終止形) | 見比べる | みくらべる | mikuraberu | |
Attributive (連体形) | 見比べる | みくらべる | mikuraberu | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 見比べれ | みくらべれ | mikurabere | |
Imperative (命令形) | 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
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN