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みっともいい

Meanings

1

i-adjective

decent; respectable; presentable

usually written using kana alone

Often used in negative constructions like みっともいいものじゃない to mean 'not decent' or 'not respectable'. The antonym みっともない is far more common.

Antonyms: みっともない

そんな格かっ好こうで出でかけるのはみっともいいものじゃない。
Going out dressed like that is not decent.
彼かれの振ふる舞まいは決けっしてみっともいいとは言いえなかった。
His behavior was by no means respectable.

Written forms

みっともいいUsage100%
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 見っともいい is rare and may be considered non-standard.
見みっともいい
Rare kanji spelling; the kana form is strongly preferred.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances

Similar words

みっともない
The common negative form meaning 'shameful', 'unseemly', or 'unsightly'. みっともいい is its rare positive counterpart.

Etymology

Derived from 見っとも (mittomo), an emphatic form of 見る (miru, 'to see'), combined with いい (ii, 'good'). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it likely originated as a colloquial positive counterpart to みっともない.