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見どころ (midokoro) Japanese meaning: highlight | Kotomora

見みどころ

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

highlight; part worth seeing; point worthy of note

Used for the appealing, notable, or especially worth-watching part of a place, performance, work, event, plan, or explanation.

この映えい画がの見みどころは最さい後ごのアクションシーンだ。

The highlight of this movie is the final action scene.

京きょう都と観かん光こうの見みどころを地ち図ずにまとめた。

I put the must-see spots for sightseeing in Kyoto on a map.

2

promise; good prospects; potential

Often appears as 見どころがある, meaning that a person, work, idea, or ability shows promise or has something worthwhile for the future.

若わかいのに、彼かれの演えん技ぎには見みどころがある。
For someone so young, there is real promise in his acting.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に見みどころがあるsomeone shows promise or potential
彼かれは新しん人じんだが見みどころがある。
He's a newcomer, but he shows promise.
見みどころが多おおいto have many highlights or notable parts
この映えい画がは見みどころが多おおい。
This movie has a lot of great parts.
〈場ば所しょ〉の見みどころを紹しょう介かいするto introduce the highlights of a place
この番ばん組ぐみでは旅りょ行こう先さきの見みどころを紹しょう介かいします。
This program introduces the highlights of travel destinations.
見みどころ満まん載さいpacked with highlights
今こん回かいのイベントは見みどころ満まん載さいだ。
This event is packed with great moments.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
所place, extent
処dispose, manage, deal with

Related words

見み物もの sense 1
見もの stresses a spectacle or scene that will be exciting to watch, while 見どころ points to the specific worthwhile part of something and can also mean future promise.
将しょう来らい性せい sense 2
将来性 states future potential directly and formally, while 見どころ (esp. in 見どころがある) expresses the same idea more softly and casually.
ハイライト sense 1
ハイライト is a borrowed word for a highlight, often used for sports or media recaps, whereas 見どころ is native Japanese and also covers a person's or work's future promise.
圧あっ巻かんN1
見どころ just means a point worth seeing, while 圧巻 implies that part is breathtakingly impressive.

Don't confuse with

見けん所じょ
Written identically as 見所, みどころ means 'a highlight or noteworthy point' (e.g. of a film or a person's potential), while けんじょ/けんしょ refers to noh theater audience seating or the audience itself.

Written forms

見みどころUsage51%
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling and the preferred display form here.
見み所どころUsage35%
Common all-kanji spelling; interchangeable in most modern contexts.
みどころUsage14%
見み処どころUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji spelling marked as rarely used.

Etymology

Transparent compound of 見, the stem of 見る, and ところ/どころ meaning a place, point, or aspect; the voicing in どころ is regular in compounds. The spellings 見どころ and 見所 both conventionally point to a 'place or point to see.'