Illustration: In a neighborhood flower shop, a florist holds a plain dark folding screen behind a slender vase containing a single pale camellia bloom. The bloom's layered petals and curved stem become strikingly distinct against the screen, while the busy shelves beside it show why the simple background helps.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

映はえる

haeru

to look attractive, to stand out

Example sentences

  1. 夕空ゆうぞらに映はえて塔とうが美うつくしく見みえる。

    The tower looks beautiful against the evening sky.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 芸子げいこと遊あそぶ由良之助ゆらのすけは紫むらさきの衣装いしょうが映はえる。

    Yuranosuke’s purple costume looks striking as he spends time with geiko.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 白しろい皿さらに盛もると、この料理りょうりは映はえる。

    This dish looks lovely on a white plate.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 映

  • 映reflect; projectOnエイKunうつる・うつす・はえる

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