Illustration: A child stands safely behind the railing of a third-floor apartment balcony, bending slightly to look into the courtyard below. Their chin and eyes point unmistakably downward toward a grandfather holding an open umbrella.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

見み下おろす

miorosu

to look down at, to overlook

Example sentences

  1. その建物たてものから町全体まちぜんたいが見下みおろせる。

    The building looks down on the whole town.

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  2. 彼かれは床ゆかを見下みおろした。

    He looked down at the floor.

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  3. 私わたしは海うみを見下みおろした。

    I looked down at the sea.

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Kanji in 見下

  • 見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる
  • 下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・おろす

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