見みてくれ

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Meanings

Refers to how something or someone looks on the outside, often with a nuance of superficial appearance rather than inner substance.

彼かれは見みてくれは怖こわいけど、本ほん当とうは優やさしい人ひとだ。
He looks scary, but he's actually a kind person.
料りょう理りは見みてくれも大だい事じだ。
Appearance is also important for food.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の見みてくれがいい(something) looks good on the outside
この車くるまは見みてくれがいいが、燃ねん費ぴは悪わるい。
This car looks good, but its fuel economy is poor.
見みてくれを気きにするto worry about how something looks
彼かれは見みてくれを気きにしすぎる。
He worries too much about appearances.
見みてくれだけで〈物もの〉を判はん断だんするto judge something by its looks alone
見みてくれだけで商しょう品ひんを判はん断だんしてはいけない。
You shouldn't judge a product by its appearance alone.
見みてくれにこだわるto be particular about how something looks
彼かの女じょは服ふくの見みてくれにこだわる。
She is particular about how her clothes look.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
呉give, do something for, kingdom of Wu

Related words

見みかけN2
見かけ is the standard word for outward appearance and appears in set phrases like 見かけによらず, while 見てくれ is more colloquial and can sound slightly rougher.
外がい見けんN3
外見 is a formal, neutral term for outward appearance, whereas 見てくれ is casual and often implies the appearance is merely superficial.
見みた目めN2
見た目 is a common, neutral word for how something looks at a glance, while 見てくれ has a more colloquial, sometimes dismissive tone.
体てい裁さいN1
体裁 focuses on outward form or decorum in a social sense, while 見てくれ is broader and more casual, referring to plain visual appearance.

Opposites

内ない容ようN3
見てくれ refers to superficial outward appearance, while 内容 refers to the actual substance or content underneath.

Written forms

見みてくれUsage100%
Standard kanji-kana spelling for this noun.
見みて呉くれ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Derived from the imperative form of 見る (to see) plus くれる (to give), literally 'look (for me)'. The noun usage developed from the idea of how something appears to the viewer.