みかえす

見返す

to look (stare) back at (someone)

N5Common wordGodan verb (su ending)
Godan verb (su ending), Transitive verb
to look (stare) back at (someone)
Godan verb (su ending), Transitive verb
to look at againto re-examine
Godan verb (su ending), Transitive verb
to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending)to put a person to shameto get one's own back
Godan verb (su ending), Intransitive verb
to look back (behind oneself)

Conjugations

Present辞書形
見返す(みかえす)
Negativeない形
見返さない(みかえさない)
Pastた形
見返した(みかえした)
Past Negativeなかった形
見返さなかった(みかえさなかった)
Te-formて形
見返して(みかえして)

Example Sentences

驚いて彼女の(かお)を見返した。

I stared back at her in surprise.