見つめ直す (みつめなおす, mitsumenaosu) Japanese meaning | KotomoraJLPTN2›見つめ直す · godan verb (-su)
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| Dictionary | 見つめ直す | 見つめ直さない |
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| Polite | 見つめ直します | 見つめ直しません |
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| Past polite | 見つめ直しました | 見つめ直しませんでした |
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| Past | 見つめ直した | 見つめ直さなかった |
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| Te-form | 見つめ直して | 見つめ直さないで |
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| Desire | 見つめ直したい | 見つめ直したくない |
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| Potential | 見つめ直せる | 見つめ直せない |
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| Passive | 見つめ直される | 見つめ直されない |
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| Causative | 見つめ直させる | 見つめ直させない |
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| Causative passive | 見つめ直させられる | 見つめ直させられない |
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| Volitional | 見つめ直そう | |
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| Polite volitional | 見つめ直しましょう | |
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| Imperative | 見つめ直せ | 見つめ直すな |
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| Conditional | 見つめ直せば | 見つめ直さなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 見つめ直したら | 見つめ直さなかったら |
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It's a good opportunity to take another good look at my life.
Let's reexamine the plan and identify the problems.
Usage patterns
〈人〉の生き方を見つめ直すto reconsider how one has been living one's life
After going through a serious illness, he reconsidered how he had been living his life.
〈事〉を機に見つめ直すto reexamine something, prompted by an event
Prompted by a heartbreak, she reexamined her views on love.
〈事〉を機会に見つめ直すto take something as an opportunity to reexamine oneself or one's life
じっくり見つめ直すto take a careful, thorough look at something again
I want to use this event as an opportunity to reexamine my own way of thinking.
I made time alone to carefully reconsider my future.
