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見つめ直す · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見みつめ直なおす	見みつめ直なおさない
Polite	見みつめ直なおします	見みつめ直なおしません
Past polite	見みつめ直なおしました	見みつめ直なおしませんでした
Past	見みつめ直なおした	見みつめ直なおさなかった
Te-form	見みつめ直なおして	見みつめ直なおさないで
Desire	見みつめ直なおしたい	見みつめ直なおしたくない
Potential	見みつめ直なおせる	見みつめ直なおせない
Passive	見みつめ直なおされる	見みつめ直なおされない
Causative	見みつめ直なおさせる	見みつめ直なおさせない
Causative passive	見みつめ直なおさせられる	見みつめ直なおさせられない
Volitional	見みつめ直なおそう
Polite volitional	見みつめ直なおしましょう
Imperative	見みつめ直なおせ	見みつめ直なおすな
Conditional	見みつめ直なおせば	見みつめ直なおさなければ
Tara conditional	見みつめ直なおしたら	見みつめ直なおさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su)

take another good look at; reconsider; reexamine

Used when you look at something again more carefully, often to reassess or gain a new perspective. Implies a deliberate, thoughtful reexamination.

自じ分ぶんの人じん生せいを見みつめ直なおすいい機き会かいだ。
It's a good opportunity to take another good look at my life.
計けい画かくを見みつめ直なおして、問もん題だい点てんを洗あらい出だそう。
Let's reexamine the plan and identify the problems.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の生いき方かたを見みつめ直なおすto reconsider how one has been living one's life
大たい病びょうを経けい験けんして、これまでの生いき方かたを見みつめ直なおした。
After going through a serious illness, he reconsidered how he had been living his life.
〈事こと〉を機きに見みつめ直なおすto reexamine something, prompted by an event
失しつ恋れんを機きに、恋れん愛あい観かんを見みつめ直なおした。
Prompted by a heartbreak, she reexamined her views on love.
〈事こと〉を機き会かいに見みつめ直なおすto take something as an opportunity to reexamine oneself or one's life
この出で来き事ごとを機き会かいに、自じ分ぶんの考かんがえ方かたを見みつめ直なおしたい。
I want to use this event as an opportunity to reexamine my own way of thinking.
じっくり見みつめ直なおすto take a careful, thorough look at something again
一人ひとりの時じ間かんを作つくって、自じ分ぶんの将しょう来らいをじっくり見みつめ直なおした。
I made time alone to carefully reconsider my future.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
直straightaway, honesty, frankness
詰packed, close, pressed

Related words

見み直なおすN3
見直す is a general word for reviewing or reassessing something, while 見つめ直す emphasizes a deeper, more focused reexamination, often of abstract things like life or values.
再さい検けん討とう
再検討する is a formal term for reconsidering something, often used in business or academic contexts, while 見つめ直す is more personal and introspective.
振ふり返かえるN2
振り返る means to look back on past events or experiences, whereas 見つめ直す focuses on reassessing one's current self or values with fresh eyes.
反はん省せいN3
反省する carries a stronger sense of regret or self-blame for past mistakes, while 見つめ直す is a more neutral, thoughtful reexamination.

Don't confuse with

見みつめるN2
見つめる simply means to gaze or stare at something, while 見つめ直す adds the nuance of reexamining or reconsidering it thoughtfully.

Built from

見みつめる+直なおす

Written forms

見みつめ直なおす
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
見みつめなおす
Kana spelling of the second element; common in everyday writing.
見み詰つめ直なおす
Uses the less common kanji 詰; rarely seen.
見み詰つめなおす
Rare mixed spelling with 詰 and kana.

Etymology

Compound of 見つめる (to stare at, to gaze at) and 直す (to fix, to do again). Literally 'to stare at again', extended to mean reexamining something carefully.