Illustration: At a wagashi shop counter, an apprentice has arranged a handful of identical sweets in an awkward heap on a serving plate. Beside it, the proprietor finishes arranging the same number and kinds of sweets in a balanced, carefully spaced display on an identical plate.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

見み栄ばえ

mibae

visual appeal, appearance

Example sentences

  1. 乗馬じょうばのシーンでは映像的えいぞうてきな見栄みばえを優先ゆうせんして西洋馬せいようばが使用しようされる。

    For scenes involving riding, horses of Western origin are favoured for their aesthetic qualities.

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

  2. 見栄みばえを良よくするために二につ折おりだったのを、折おらずに円盤状えんばんじょうにした。

    To improve the appearance, the two-folded form was changed to a disk-shape.

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

  3. 櫓やぐらの上うえで音楽おんがくを演奏えんそうしたり、櫓やぐらと繋つないだ縄なわに飾かざりつけをして見栄みばえを整ととのえる。

    People play music on the yagura and make the yagura look more attractive with decorations on ropes attached to the yagura.

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

Kanji in 見栄

  • 見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる
  • 栄flourish; prosperityOnエイ・ヨウKunさかえる・はえ・はえる

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