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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

見み極きわめる

mikiwameru

to determine, to discern

Example sentences

  1. 善悪ぜんあくを見極みきわめることは難むずかしい。

    To distinguish right from wrong is difficult.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ある剣術者けんじゅつしゃが化物ばけものの正体しょうたいを見極みきわめようとその家いえに泊とまった。

    A swordsman stayed at the house to identify what it really was.

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

  3. しかし、美味おいしい寿司すしが握にぎれる職人しょくにんになるには、市場しじょうで生鮮魚類せいせんぎょるいを見極みきわめる力ちからや、多様たような魚さかなの旬しゅんを知しって脂あぶらが乗のる時季じきは薄うすく切きる、などの知識ちしきや経験けいけん、技術ぎじゅつが必要ひつようである。

    However, to become a sushi chef who makes good sushi, an ability to distinguish fresh fish at a market, knowledge, experiences and techniques such as slicing fish more thinly when fish are fatty based on the knowledge about season of various kinds of fish, and so on are required.

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

Kanji in 見極

  • 見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる
  • 極extreme; poleOnキョク・ゴクKunきわめる・きわまる・きわまり

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