Illustration: In the narrow courtyard of a Japanese apartment building, a child stands directly below a second-floor balcony. Their feet stay planted, shoulders lean slightly back, and chin lifts high as their eyes follow a cat perched safely behind the balcony railing.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

見み上あげる

miageru

to look up at

Example sentences

  1. トムは空そらを見上みあげた。

    Tom looked up at the sky.

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  2. トムは天井てんじょうを見上みあげた。

    Tom looked up at the ceiling.

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  3. 彼かれは夜空よぞらを見上みあげた。

    He looked up at the night sky.

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Kanji in 見上

  • 見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる
  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・あげる

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