Illustration: Outside a neighborhood supermarket, a small child has absentmindedly taken the hand of a passing man whose coat resembles her father's. She looks straight up at his unfamiliar face with sudden wide-eyed surprise.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

見みず知しらず

mizushirazu

unknown, unfamiliar

Usually modifies a person, as in 見ず知らずの人. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは見みず知しらずの人ひとではない。
He is no stranger to me.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼女かのじょは決けっして見みず知しらずの人ひとではない。
She is no stranger to me.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
どうして見みず知しらずの男おとこが自分じぶんの名前なまえを知しっているんだろう？
How did a total stranger know his name?
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 見知

見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる
知know; wisdomOnチKunしる・しらせる

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