見み落おとす

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見落とす · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Used when someone unintentionally fails to see or notice something that should have been caught, such as a mistake, detail, or important point.

〈物もの〉を見み落おとすto overlook a mistake or important detail
書しょ類るいの重じゅう要ような部ぶ分ぶんを見み落おとしてしまった。
I overlooked an important part of the document.
つい〜見み落おとすto unintentionally overlook something
急いそいでいたので、つい誤ご字じを見み落おとした。
Since I was in a hurry, I accidentally overlooked a typo.
見み落おとしに気きづくto realize one's oversight
後あとになって自じ分ぶんの見み落おとしに気きづいた。
I later realized my own oversight.

見み過すごすN1
見落とす is almost always an unintentional failure to notice a detail, while 見過ごす can also mean deliberately letting something pass or ignoring it.
見み逃のがすN2
見逃す often implies missing a chance or opportunity (or intentionally overlooking a fault), whereas 見落とす focuses narrowly on failing to see a detail or error.
見み失うしなうN1
見落とす means to overlook something out of carelessness without noticing it at all, while 見失う means to lose sight of something you had already been watching or following.
見み損そこなうN1
見落とす means to overlook something out of carelessness, while 見損なう can also describe misjudging a person's character with a sense of disappointment.

気き付づくN4
気づく means to notice or become aware of something, the opposite of 見落とす, which means to fail to notice it.
見みかけるN2
見かける means to happen to notice something, while 見落とす means to fail to notice it even though it was there.
見み抜ぬくN1
見落とす means to overlook or fail to notice something, the opposite of successfully perceiving it as in 見抜く.
気きがつくN3
見落とす means to overlook or fail to notice something, the opposite of 気がつく (sense 1) meaning to notice it.

見み劣おとる
見劣る (to look inferior in comparison) sounds almost identical to 見落とす (to overlook) but has a completely different meaning.

見み落おとすUsage90%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
見落みおとすUsage9%
Variant spelling with 落す instead of 落とす; less common but acceptable.

Compound of 見 (mi, 'see') + 落とす (otosu, 'drop, let fall'), literally 'to drop from sight', i.e., to fail to see something.