Illustration: In a Japanese pottery studio, an apprentice holds two nearly identical handmade tea cups side by side at eye level. Their rims touch, allowing a small difference in height and curvature to become obvious.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

見み比くらべる

mikuraberu

to compare by looking

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらは新あたらしい車くるまと古ふるい車くるまを見比みくらべた。

    They compared the new car with the old one.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しげしげと二人ふたりの顔かおを見比みくらべる

    to compare both of their faces back and forth by looking at them

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 二ふたつの案あんを見比みくらべる

    to compare both plans to each other

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 見比

  • 見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる
  • 比compare; raceOnヒKunくらべる

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