Meaning
見限る (みかぎる, mikagiru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “desert; give up”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 6
ガールフレンドに 見限られた
I was dumped by my girlfriend.
ジョーンは 夫をさっさと 見限って 別れてしまった。
Joan dropped her husband like a hot potato.
だが、相克を続ける主家を見限るかのように、次第に独自の行動をするようになっていく。
However, as he gave up his master's family with internal trouble, he gradually started taking action independently.
文禄4年(1595年)の豊臣秀次失脚時には、諸将が秀次を見限る中で三成は「秀次公無罪」と信じ、最後まで秀次の助命に動いた。
Consequent upon the downfall of Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI in 1595, even though the feudal lords had abandoned him, Mitsunari begged for Hidetsugu's life till the end, believing in his innocence.
さらに北京議定書によって定められた巨額の賠償金を支払うために、過大な負担を民衆に強いたことは、人々が清朝を見限るのに決定的な理由となりえた。
The ultimate reason why people gave up on the Qing dynasty was the fact that a huge load was imposed upon commoners in order to pay the huge reparation determined by the Boxer Protocol.
戦国時代(日本)では、主君を違える行為は一般的に発生していたが、江戸時代に入ると「脱藩は臣下の身で主を見限るものとして」許されない風潮が高まり、討手が放たれることもあった。
During the Sengoku Period of Japan it was a frequent occurrence for samurai's to part from their masters, but from the Edo Period it became an unforgiveable crime for a vassal to abandon his lord and many times pursuers were sent after them.