顧みる[かえりみる] (kaerimiru)
to look back, to turn around, to review
- JLPT N1
- Ichidan verb
- Pitch 4
- #14557 most frequent
Meaning
顧みる (かえりみる, kaerimiru) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to look back, to turn around, to review”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
彼は 仕事 人間で 家庭を 顧みない
He is a workaholic and doesn't consider his family.
困難を 省みず 前進すべし。
You should try to make your way despite all the difficulties.
彼は 危険をかえりみず 勇気を 示した。
He showed courage in the face of danger.
彼女は 費用を 顧みず 家を 飾りたてた。
She decorated her house regardless of cost.
彼は 俗事をかえりみず 研究に 没頭した。
He applied himself to his study, without thought for his normal life.
顧みられぬ 無数の 漂流 者が 家を 求めてる。
A hundred billion castaways are looking for a home.
彼は 失礼をもかえりみずその 婦人に 手紙を 出した。
He took the liberty of writing to the lady.
私は 失礼もかえりみず、 彼をファースト・ネームで 呼んだ。
I took the liberty of calling him by his first name.
当時を顧みるとき, 我々は深い郷愁の念に駆られ再びあの屈託のない自由な生活に戻りたいと願う. When we look back on those days, we are filled with deep nostalgia and long to go back to that carefree life again.郷愁にふける時、私達は子供時代をこの上なく幸福な時期と考える傾向があるかもしれない。
In nostalgic moments we may tend to think of childhood as a time of almost unbroken happiness.
彼は自分の仕事が忙しくて他を顧みる暇がない. He is too busy with his work to attend to anything else.学生時代を顧みるとどんなに多くの時間を空費したかに思い至る. When I think back on my student days, I realize how much time I wasted.あるいは立ちあるいは座し、手を動かし左右を顧みる。
While standing or sitting, one moves his or her hands to the left and right while looking both ways.
Conjugation table
顧みる (かえりみる) is an ichidan verb (ru-verb). Every major form with romaji:
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 顧みる かえりみる | kaerimiru |
| Negative | 顧みない かえりみない | kaeriminai |
| Past | 顧みた かえりみた | kaerimita |
| Past negative | 顧みなかった かえりみなかった | kaeriminakatta |
| Polite (ます) | 顧みます かえりみます | kaerimimasu |
| Polite negative | 顧みません かえりみません | kaerimimasen |
| Polite past | 顧みました かえりみました | kaerimimashita |
| Polite past negative | 顧みませんでした かえりみませんでした | kaerimimasendeshita |
| Te-form | 顧みて かえりみて | kaerimite |
| Conditional (ば) | 顧みれば かえりみれば | kaerimireba |
| Conditional (たら) | 顧みたら かえりみたら | kaerimitara |
| Potential | 顧みられる かえりみられる | kaerimirareru |
| Passive | 顧みられる かえりみられる | kaerimirareru |
| Causative | 顧みさせる かえりみさせる | kaerimisaseru |
| Causative-passive | 顧みさせられる かえりみさせられる | kaerimisaserareru |
| Volitional | 顧みよう かえりみよう | kaerimiyou |
| Volitional polite | 顧みましょう かえりみましょう | kaerimimashou |
| Imperative | 顧みろ かえりみろ | kaerimiro |
| Desire (たい) | 顧みたい かえりみたい | kaerimitai |