見み張はり

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to the act of keeping watch or the person doing it. Common in security, military, and everyday contexts.

見み張はりをするto keep watch/lookout
彼かれは入いり口ぐちで見み張はりをしていた。
He was keeping watch at the entrance.
見み張はりに立たつto stand guard/on watch
兵へい士したちは交こう代たいで見み張はりに立たった。
The soldiers took turns standing watch.
見み張はりを置おくto post a lookout/guard
会かい社しゃは倉そう庫この前まえに見み張はりを置おいた。
The company posted a guard in front of the warehouse.
〈人ひと〉に見み張はりを頼たのむto ask someone to keep watch
友とも達だちに見み張はりを頼たのんでおいた。
I asked a friend to keep watch for me.

監かん視しN1
監視 is a more formal term implying systematic or continuous surveillance, while 見張り is a general everyday word for keeping watch.
番ばん人にん
番人 specifically refers to the person who guards or watches, whereas 見張り can denote either the act of watching or the watcher.
警けい備びN2
警備 emphasizes organized security work (e.g., by guards or police), while 見張り is a broader, less institutional term for keeping watch.
ウォッチ
見張り refers to standing lookout or keeping watch in a general sense, while ウォッチ in its nautical sense specifically denotes a scheduled duty shift aboard a ship.
番ばんN4
見張り is the common word for standing watch or keeping lookout, while 番 in this sense is a slightly more general term for guard duty.

見み張はりUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for the noun meaning watch, guard, or lookout.
みはりUsage2%
Kana spelling is sometimes used in informal writing or when the kanji is not needed.

Compound of 見 (mi, 'seeing') + 張り (hari, 'stretching, tension'), from the verb 見張る (miharu, 'to watch, to keep an eye on').