見返し

見返

Reading

Kana: みかえし

Romaji: mikaeshi

Definitions

noun

1

endpaper; end paper (of a book)

2

facing (extra layer of material used to make a garment)

3

looking back; triumphing over (a rival)

Kanji

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

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

返

Readings: ヘン、 かえ.す、 -かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る

Meanings: return, answer, fade, repay

Example Sentence

驚(おどろ)いて彼女(かのじょ)の顔(かお)を見返(みかえ)した。

➥I stared back at her in surprise.