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一見

Reading

Kana: いっけん
Romaji: ikken
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

look; glimpse; glance

vs
2

to glance; to glimpse

adv
3

apparently; seemingly

vs
4

first meeting

Note: archaism

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

Example Sentences

百聞(ひゃくぶん)一見(いっけん)()かず。
➥Seeing is believing.
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その場所(ばしょ)一見(いっけん)価値(かち)がある。
➥The place is certainly worth seeing.
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あの(みせ)一見(かずみ)さんでも()れるのかな。
➥I wonder if that restaurant accepts unfamiliar customers.
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(かれ)一見(いっけん)ピアニストらしい。
➥He is apparently a pianist.
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彼女(かのじょ)一見(いっけん)正直(しょうじき)そうに()える。
➥She is apparently an honest woman.
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(わたし)一見(いっけん)して(かれ)正直者(しょうじきしゃ)だとわかった。
➥I knew at a glance that he was an honest man.
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