Illustration: At a home birthday table, a grand cake resembles an elaborate castle, complete with glossy towers and carefully piped windows. One freshly removed slice exposes an entirely ordinary slab of sponge beneath a thick decorative shell.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

見みかけ

mikake

outward appearance

Example sentences

見みかけ通どおり彼女かのじょは行動力こうどうりょくがある。
She is as active as she looks.
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彼かれは見みかけとは違ちがう。
He is not what he seems.
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見みかけで判断はんだんするな。
Don’t judge by appearances.
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Kanji in 見

見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる

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