見み合あう

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

look at each other; exchange looks

Describes two or more people looking at each other, often with a sense of mutual recognition or shared feeling.

• 彼かれらは黙だまって見み合あった。

  They silently looked at each other.

• 驚おどろいて互たがいに見み合あった。

  Surprised, we looked at each other.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

correspond to; be proportionate to; offset

Used when something matches, balances, or is in keeping with something else, often in terms of value, effort, or quality. Common in phrases like 収入に見合う生活 (a lifestyle commensurate with one's income).

• 収しゅう入にゅうに見み合あった生せい活かつを心こころがけている。

  I try to live within my means.

• その仕し事ごとは努ど力りょくに見み合あうだけの報ほう酬しゅうがない。

  That job doesn't offer rewards that match the effort.