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 12
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.
彼女は費用を顧みず家を飾りたてた。
She decorated her house regardless of cost.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 |