見立てる

見たてる

Reading

Kana: みたてる

Romaji: mitateru

Definitions

v1

vt

1

to select; to choose

2

to diagnose (an illness); to judge

3

to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror)

4

to see someone off

5

to look after; to be (someone's) guardian

6

to underrate; to look down on; to underestimate (someone)

Kanji

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

立

Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる

Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect