見違える (michigaeru)
change beyond recognition, look radically different
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見違える (みちがえる, michigaeru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “change beyond recognition, look radically different”.
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Example sentences 9
掃除をしたら部屋が見違えるようになったの。
The room looked completely different after cleaning.
すごい、見違えたよ。
Wow, you've changed so much I hardly recognized you.
彼は５年前とは見違えるようだ。
He is far better off now than he was five years ago.
彼は見違えるほど大きくなっていた.
He had grown so tall that I hardly recognized him at first [that for the moment I did not know who he was].
彼は見違えるように元気になりました。
He's gotten so much better he looks like a different person.
転地療養で彼女は見違えるほど元気になった。
The change of air worked wonders for her.
彼は見違えるほど痩せていて健康そうだった。
He was so thin that he was almost beyond recognition, and so he looked healthy.
あまりにお変わりになっていて見違えるほどです。
You have changed so much that I can hardly recognize you.
ちょっと化粧すると彼女は見違えるほどきれいになった。
A little make-up worked wonders with her.