一いっ見けん

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一見する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

a look; a glance; a glimpse

Refers to the act of looking at something briefly, often used with する to mean 'take a look'.

Adverbial use indicating a first impression that may be misleading. Often followed by a contrastive statement.

archaic

Archaic noun meaning the first time one meets someone. Not used in modern Japanese outside of historical contexts.

〈物もの〉を一いっ見けんするto take a quick look at something
資し料りょうを一いっ見けんしただけで、大だい事じな部ぶ分ぶんがわかった。
Just from a quick glance at the documents, I could tell what was important.
一いっ見けん〈形けい容よう詞し〉に見みえるto look/seem ~ at first glance
彼かれは一いっ見けん厳きびしそうに見みえるが、実じつは優やさしい。
He looks strict at first glance, but he's actually kind.
一いっ見けん〈物もの〉のようだto seem like ~ at first glance
このかばんは一いっ見けん本ほん物もののようだが、実じつは偽にせ物ものだ。
This bag looks like the real thing at first glance, but it's actually a fake.

一ひと目めN1sense 1
一見 covers any brief look or first impression, while 一目 stresses a single glance often used for instant recognition (一目でわかる).
見みかけN2sense 2
一見 is used adverbially before a description ('at first glance, ...'), while 見かけ is a noun for outward appearance itself (見かけは若い).
一いち瞥べつ sense 1
一見 and 一瞥 both mean 'a glance', but 一瞥 is more literary and often implies a dismissive or cursory look.
見みたところ
一見 is a more formal, often written way to say 'at first glance', while 見たところ is neutral and common in everyday speech.

初しょ見けん sense 3
一見 and 初見 look similar and both involve 'seeing', but 初見 means seeing/meeting something for the very first time (e.g. sight-reading music), not a brief glance.
一いち見げんN1
一見 read いちげん means a first-time, uninvited visit or customer, while the identically written 一見 read いっけん means 'at a glance' or 'a look' and is unrelated in meaning.

Compound of 一 (one) and 見 (see), literally 'one look'. The adverbial sense developed from the idea of a single, initial glance.