見合わせる (みあわせる, miawaseru) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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見合わせる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見み合あわせる	見み合あわせない
Polite	見み合あわせます	見み合あわせません
Past polite	見み合あわせました	見み合あわせませんでした
Past	見み合あわせた	見み合あわせなかった
Te-form	見み合あわせて	見み合あわせないで
Desire	見み合あわせたい	見み合あわせたくない
Potential	見み合あわせられるalso 見み合あわせれる	見み合あわせられないalso 見み合あわせれない
Passive	見み合あわせられる	見み合あわせられない
Causative	見み合あわせさせる	見み合あわせさせない
Causative passive	見み合あわせさせられる	見み合あわせさせられない
Volitional	見み合あわせよう
Polite volitional	見み合あわせましょう
Imperative	見み合あわせろ	見み合あわせるな
Conditional	見み合あわせれば	見み合あわせなければ
Tara conditional	見み合あわせたら	見み合あわせなかったら

Pairs with見合う

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

exchange glances; look at each other

Used when two or more people look at each other, often to share a reaction or confirm something silently.

彼かれらは顔かおを見み合あわせて笑わらっ

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
合fit, suit, join

Transitive / intransitive

見み合あうN1
見合う is the base intransitive-leaning verb meaning 'to look at each other' or 'to be balanced,' from which the causative-shaped 見合わせる (to make things look at each other / hold off) derives.

Related words

見み送おくるN3sense 2
見送る means to let a plan or chance pass for now, while 見合わせる more strongly implies actively suspending or holding off on something already underway.
比ひ較かくN3sense 3
比較する is the general word for comparing two things, while 見合わせる in this sense is more formal and suggests laying items side by side to check them.
延えん期きN3sense 2
延期する is a plain, neutral word for postponing to a later date, while 見合わせる carries a cautious nuance of holding off until circumstances are reconsidered.

Opposites

決けっ行こうN1sense 2
決行する means to go ahead and carry out a plan despite obstacles, the opposite of 見合わせる's sense of postponing or withholding it.

Don't confuse with

見みつめるN2sense 1
見つめる means to stare fixedly at one thing, whereas 見合わせる (sense of exchanging glances) describes two people looking at each other.
見み合あいN3
見合い is a noun for an arranged marriage meeting, whereas 見合わせる is a verb meaning to postpone something or to look at each other, and learners often confuse the two because they share the same kanji root.

Word family

見み合あわせ
looking at each other; exchanging glances · postponement; suspension; interruption

Written forms

見み合あわせるUsage80%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
見みあわせるUsage9%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not standard.
見合みあわせるUsage8%
Alternate kanji form, less common.
みあわせるUsage3%

Etymology

Compound of 見る (miru, 'to see') + 合わせる (awaseru, 'to put together'). The core idea is 'bringing together views', which developed into the senses of mutual looking, comparison, and suspension (as in 'putting views together to reconsider').

見み合あわせる

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