Illustration: In a Japanese neighbourhood playground, a small child carefully crosses a low wooden balance beam alone. A grandparent walks alongside on the ground, eyes fixed on the child's feet, with open hands held close enough to catch them but making no contact.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

見み守まもる

mimamoru

to watch over

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは子供こどもたちが泳およいでいるのを見守みまもった。

    He watched the boys swimming.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 親おやは子供こどもの幸しあわせを見守みまもらなければならない。

    Parents must look after the well-being of the their children.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 地下路線創建時ちかろせんそうけんじにつくられた鷲わしのレリーフが、運行うんこうの安全あんぜんを見守みまもっているといわれている。

    It is said that the relief of an eagle, created when the underground passage was constructed, has continued to watch over the security of train operations.

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

Kanji in 見守

  • 見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる
  • 守guard; protectOnシュ・スKunまもる・まもり・もり

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