見み返かえし

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

endpaper; end-paper

Refers to the sheets of paper glued to the inside covers of a book, often decorative.

In sewing, the fabric piece sewn to the inside edge of a garment for a clean finish, such as on necklines or armholes.

looking back; triumphing over a rival

Derived from the verb 見返す. Can mean physically looking back, or metaphorically getting revenge or surpassing someone who looked down on you.

見み返かえしに絵えを描かくto draw a picture on the endpaper
この絵え本ほんは見み返かえしにも可愛かわい絵いえが描かかれている。
This picture book has a cute illustration on the endpaper too.
見み返かえしを縫ぬい付つけるto sew a facing onto a garment
襟えりの内うち側がわに見み返かえしを縫ぬい付つけた。
I sewed a facing onto the inside of the collar.

雪せつ辱じょく sense 3
見返し (in its 'getting even' sense) is a casual, everyday way to describe outdoing someone who once looked down on you, while 雪辱 is a more formal word specifically for avenging a defeat or humiliation.

見み返かえり
見返し is the endpaper of a book, a garment facing, or the act of looking back/getting even, while 見返り (from 見返る) means a reward or return given in exchange for something.

枚まいN3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer

Nominalized form of the verb 見返す (to look back; to get even). The bookbinding and sewing senses are specialized uses of the same kanji compound.