Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Related words 明あき らか 明らか is a more formal and neutral word for 'obvious' or 'clear', while 見え見え is casual and often implies a clumsy attempt to deceive.
バレバレ バレバレ is a very similar casual word meaning 'totally exposed' or 'found out', but it focuses more on the fact that something has been discovered, whereas 見え見え emphasizes that it was obvious from the start.
Written forms 見み え 見み え Usage 60%
Standard kanji spelling; the repetition of 見え emphasizes the obviousness.
みえみえ Usage 24%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji repetition feels heavy.
ミエミエ Usage 16%
Etymology Reduplication of the stem 見え (from 見える 'to be visible'), creating an emphatic noun/adjective meaning 'plainly visible' or 'obvious'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the pattern is common in colloquial Japanese.
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